Dream Phone

I'm in the market for a new smartphone. I've been rocking the same Motorola Q for the past 2 years now. It's time for a change. But I'm on Verizon so I don't have many good choices (my best bet right now is the BlackBerry Curve). My plan was to hold off till mid to late Sept when the new BBs come out, but I gotta say, I'm very tempted to jump ship right now and head over to AT&T. I know they're evil too, but in my opinion they have *the* best smartphone on the market right now, the Nokia E71. The iPhone pales next to this baby.

The E71 has a full QWERTY keyboard, aGPS, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth A2DP, a 3MP camera, supports POP3/IMAP, and Microsoft Exchange, and has an insane (removable) 3-day battery. I know, that keyboard looks painfully small, but I used it and I actually found it to be very comfortable (and I have some pretty big paws). This phone is flying under everyone's radar right now — even more of a reason to want it. I'll have a phone few people have! So what's stopping me. The $500 price tag. I believe none of the carriers have picked it up yet (tho like I said, it'll work with an AT&T or T-Mobile SIM card). Man, I so want this phone, but until some carrier subsidizes the price, I can't justify dropping $500 clams on a smartphone.