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I think the top 3 phones are the Tp2, VZW Droid and iPhone.

You just have decide what you want.

To me more than half of the "Customizations" are just to get the TP2 functioning reasonably. Once I get that (and I may have just that), I don't plan on mucking with it and move on to other joys.

You have to factor in Plan costs, Phone Performance, Core Applications and "Fun Applications".

No question iPhone has a lot of "Fun Applications". But it's a matter of opinion about it's network performance as a phone for some parts of the country. My experience is that it's poor as a phone. In dense areas areas it's probably fine.

As far as core apps I think the iPhone is a bit behind or neck and neck with the top 3 phones.

Plan wise iPhone is really expensive.

If iPhone had a reasonble cost plan and network performance I'd probably have one.

For me Network and cost come first.

VZW is very expensive too.

Droid is a nice phone. Wimpy key board but over all a nice phone, and some of it's core apps are really awesome like Google Nav that you can speak too.

But I can get an inexpensive plan on sprint (SERO) but not every can get that and get 90% Network performance of Verizon. But even new plans are cheaper on Sprint.

My "core" apps on TP2 are pretty darn good (iGuidance, fancy calculator, google maps, email (Exchange), contacts, Voice Command etc.). The rest is just a gravy (fun apps) that I don't want to pay for.

There is no right or wrong choice, you just have to decide for yourself.

With a lot of work, I don't find TP2 sluggish what so ever. But it's a bit crazy what you have to learn and fiddle with to get there.

By the way I talk on the phone with Voice Command while navigating all the time and you can't do that with an iPhone. iPhone cannot multi-task believe it or not. It's like the old Palms that it can only do one thing at a time. It gives you impression it multi tasks because it restores state. But if you get a call while navigating your hosed. You have to choose one or the other. You might be able to receive a call while navigating but I don't believe you can use the voice command while navigating.

Android on TP2 may be option some day too. But I think it may end up being doggy and not worth running.