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I was feeling exactly the way you are... I have had a windows mobile phone for over the last 2 years, before that a palm treo 650. Order of phones was...

Treo 650 9-16-05
Cingular 8125 2-26-06
Blackjack 12-13-06
Blackjack II 1-23-08

And i had a palm back when it was still US Robotics. Back then I was a huge fan of palm, i loved everything about it, it was easy to use, it was functional, and it was stable. As the operating system matured, though, it became less stable, and stopped adding new features. Hence my switch over to windows mobile.

I have helped at least 10 people make a switch from a dumb phone, or palm device to a windows mobile phone. The problem is that I have just grown tired of it. I don't think it crashes, or is unstable. I think over all its a pretty stable system, I have very rarely had problems with it. Its just that its boring.

I had to get rid of my blackjack and get the blackjack 2 to get windows 6.0, and now I have to wait to get 6.1, which came out shortly after i got the blackjack. What a PIA. Why on earth do i have to wait so long? Why do I have to keep buying new devices to get the latest operating system?

I watch apple and my friends with iphones, and they all seemed to like it. Then out comes 2.0 (which does have some bugs), but you know what, everyone can upgrade to it. No need to wait, no need to buy a new iphone if you don't' want to. To me that's huge. To me its huge that Apple has been able to release bug fixes, and new features, and that I can get them. I can get them NOW, and with out having to buy a new phone!

So I gave up on Windows Mobile, and got an iPhone. And you know what, i can't say i miss my old phone. I don't think if you gave me a free phone, and asked me to give up the iPhone I would.

To further add to my rambling, I need to discuss the Apps...

Back in the day, all the apps that were available were for Palm, and very few were for windows mobile. As windows mobile started gaining traction, I saw more and more developers, who had palm apps begin making those apps for windows. Which made a switch from palm to windows easier for me and other people as well.

Fast forward to now, and you have windows developers now making iPhone apps. Most of the apps i had on my win mobile phone are now out or are being developed for the iPhone. I have to say that I do not think that is good for Windows mobile.... Just my .02.

Ok, I will now stop rambling.

-John