Look at your last two sentences there. There are no alternatives to this phone IMO. If you think there are, this may not be the phone for you is what I'm saying. The iPhone and Windows mobile will never be an option to me. I used Symbian a lot in the past, but it wasn't the DEAL either. This is the DEAL, at least for me. A polished Interface to an Open Linux platform on a Phone? Priceless! Not being able to do 3G Data on ATT? Highly irritating!