The iPhone is in no doubt the peak of it's popularity but Blackberry users still make up 45% of the smart phone market (while iPhone followers are 25%). And yes, Verizon's advertising is getting a little out of hand (if they continue with the current type of advertising I will definitely switch to a different company)and they shouldnt do it, even if other companies adopt that form of selling, they shouldnt. And AT&T maps are also innacurate, trust me, I worked for the company for 10 years. Yes, their 3G coverage is actually smaller than what they advertise. Thats where they lose. It all comes down to your lifestyle. I have had Verizon for 5 years, and out of all the places I have been over those 5 years, I have only lost signal once, on BART in San Francisco (I live in Chicago) other than that Ive always been fine.

So before you decide to slam one phone or another, think of your lifestyle and what is it that you need. The iPhone is a pretty cool gadget, but I dont need one and I dont want one, maybe in the future I will, but so far, I am happy with my Storm2.

get over it everyone has their own preference. well thats for the storm vs iphone part

as for the false advertising, as long as greed exists in this world there'll only be more of its like to come

As for your 72,000 apps, you can keep the 3000 farting apps, 2000 light saber apps, etc etc.

Its funny how people say that there are barely any apps for the storm, yet, its one of the most customizable phones out there, with all its themes and what not.

Oh, and go ahead and stop by the crackberry and mobihand app stores (while RIMs app world may be a joke, the userbase behind blackberry took care of its own a long time ago.), and maybe you'll see that we are really not hurting in useful and nicely written apps

"R.I.M. has been slow to develop touch-screen technology, and its BlackBerrys are sluggish at browsing the Internet, industry analysts say. And developers have written only about 2,000 applications to run on BlackBerrys, compared with 85,000 for the iPhone and 10,000 for Android phones."

The question is where would those apps be on Verizon's website? I've been to their media website and don't see anything close to the 20k you say VZW has. Obviously VZW doesn't like to advertise that because it really doesn't have that many--that are even worth looking at. That's one reason why I haven't upgraded my wife's VZW phone--and that's why I love my 3GS.

Kool-aid? Havent had it in yrs....

Storm2 UI is not even close to the first gen iPhone, to think that is OS ver. 5.

RIM makes phones for the phone companies, according to their specs.

Apple makes phone for people to love.

"because Verizon only has about 100 apps"

try 20,000. step ur knowledge up.

Multitasking Battery Life Vcast GPS etc

The closest I can recall to a "Get a Mac" ad lying is the one with obese PC coming in, loaded down with trial software, and Mac saying he did not have to worry about that, because he (Macs) did not come with trial software. At the time, Apple shipped 30 day trials of MS Office on most new Macs. (To be fair, Mac might have said he was not "loaded down" with trial software, which makes it just misleading, not a lie.)

The "Get a Mac" ads instead relied on shaky innuendo, like PC getting a webcam taped to his head, when even as the commercial aired most PC laptops were shipping with integrated cameras.

With these (funny) ads, Apple strongly and publicly implied a PC shortcomings that often did not exist, by making implied comparisons using outdated facts and models -- just as Verizon is doing here by comparing to a 3G with older firmware instead of the 3GS.

Neither Apple then nor Verizon now are lying -- though the "via WiFi" in the chart skirts the boundary pretty damn closely -- but both are placing their products in the best possible light by placing their competitors' products in the worst possible light they can get away with without legal repercussions.

It is not lying, it is advertising. Since they two are hard to distinguish, never trust a single source of either.

Would love to get one for my wife since she uses Verizon, but I really don't think it will happen. Even if it does--I don't think you'll see a itunes store and Verizon getting along. Contrary to popular belief--Verizon would have some serious issues handling traffic on its 3G network. 3G might be available in more places--but can it handle the bandwidth requirements that come with the iphone and its 75,000+ apps? I would place a bet on that. Will Apple come out with a phone for CDMA and one for GSM or whatever international standard comes out? Don't be naive and assume Apple's marketing strategy is solely based on the US market only.

On the other end of it, Blackberry should not even boast about having an "App World" it's a poor excuse of an App Store, but Verizon service is what I need to keep me going at work and I can't drop important conf. calls or any calls for that fact.

Once the iPhone comes out for Verizon all will be right in the world LOL.

I do enjoy the petty BS they say about each other though it's a lot of fun.

Really? Stop drinking the kool-aid, and this is coming from a mac user.

not to be a dick but what lies are there in the get a mac ads. I've heard this before and I'm just curious.