AT&T Wireless seems to have too many problems for me to be confident that the phone won't be a source of greater aggravation. Plus, I have 2 different phone lines on my Sprint account (for me and my Mom) and I don't want to mess up her service or have to change it, so I'll wait for a while longer before getting a different phone/PDA/etc.

My thought of changing phones was prompted by recent huge increases in my wife's [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=286530|bill]. Her sister, who she calls the most, is on Verizon. Since calls to other Verizon customers are free, she has just changed from Sprint to Verizon. Also, Verizon seems to be the best of the national carriers in the US at the moment - which isn't saying much, unfortunately.

She got a [link|http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details.jsp?globalObjectId=148|V3m]. It'll play music, but not MP3s - only WMAs - so some [link|http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/razr-phones/54510-motorola-razr-cdma-versions-v3c-v3m-2.html|conversions] are in order. It also only recognizes up to 1 GB of microSD storage. :-/ I'm not sure if I want to try [link|http://mark.cdmaforums.com/|hacking it] to re-enable features that Verizon has disabled. She also considered the Krzr (which has a longer claimed battery life), but the V3m has a form-factor closer to her existing Motorola [link|http://www.epinions.com/elec-Comm-Mobile_Phones-Hardware-All-Motorola_Timeport_P8767/display_~reviews|TimePort] so that was the deciding factor.

The V3m is charging now. We'll see how it goes.

Thanks for all the pointers.

Cheers,
Scott.