I had been using a Nextel BB and reception was not good at my boss's house. He decided to try the Verizon BB and the service was awful. While the Verizon BB did not have speakerphone, it was nice to have a thinner BB than the Nextel thing. Boss still could not get calls at his house. We now are trying the 7100t through T-Mobile. He still cannot get calls at home, but agrees with me that this is the form factor that BB's should always have always had.

I have owned almost every ipaq made from even the B&W ones and finally Compaq/HP got it right with the 4150 and I have had no need for another.

Now RIM or someone got it just about right with the 7100t. Sure there are a few things to get used to, but that is the way with much every new device.

Voice clarity is excellent and the screen with text is outstanding. Pictures are beautiful. I just don't know how to get them on the phone. I still don't know how to put the @ symbol in an email address when asked as part of web service login.

I need to try some car bluetooth kits now.