[kevm14]

I just read through this whole thread. I know the jury is still out on whether there really are variations among phones (i.e. one guy says he can use the phone for 2 hours, WITH BT, while charging, no problem and another guy says after 45 minutes, it stops charging), I am encouraged by the fact that the radio system(s) appear to be incredibly inefficient. Why is that a good thing? Because it's so blatant: anything that inefficient must be operating incorrectly, right? Like a car that should get 20mpg but instead is getting 6mpg - half of the plug wires were pulled off the spark plugs. Anything that far off the industry standard (and whatever that is, is debatable) must have some fundamental flaw that hopefully can be solved by either firmware or a revision to the chipset itself in future models. I am hopeful. But then again, I am not a pissed off TP owner. Just a prospective owner. And I am becoming more and more jaded as time goes on. I know nothing about Smartphones. The closest I have come is an old iPAQ 3970 that I run in my car for nav (HP Navigation) and MP3s. Works great (runs WM2003). But it's not a phone. So when I read about the TP, I was all excited, only to find out A) the price and B) serious teething issues. By jaded I mean each time I get excited and my hopes are dashed, a little bit of the kid in me dies and I am reluctant to become that excited again. I think some of you can relate.