they arent out of i760's anymore. The MEID/Nortel/EVDO issue has been fixed, and they have started supplying i760's again. I just received a refur'd unit this past monday, via Assurion, to replace my previous unit which was having touch screen trouble. Unfortunately, the refurb is ALSO having touch screen trouble. So now they are sending me yet another refurb unit.

Dunno if it's any different for people who are still under warranty vs. the phone being replaced thru insurance, but there definitely does not seem to be any shortage of i760's at this point.

On a side note, they offered me a BB Storm for a sweet deal because I am a longtime customer and since I am having so many problems. I don't know much about bb's to know if I should do this or not.