1. I have a deep emotional relationship with my phone. You’d have to make something that will provide a better relationship and feature set.

2. No call drops and coverage in more areas.

3. You’d have to be considerably cheaper than the iPhone service, period.

So Research In Motion, when you get your Storm 3 and it has the capability to create a stronger emotional connection than my iPhone, then you might have me if you:

1. Pay my AT&T bill for 6 months.
2. Give me the Storm 3 device and service free for 6 months.
3. Automatically port my existing phone number, contact list, apps, pictures and music to the new phone, with complete rollback undo capability in case your product sucks.

Then, and only then, will I give you a shot. So my prediction: not going to happen.

So dear readers, all 4 of you (and you know who you are!) let me know what you think in the comments below.

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September 11, 2001

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Kabul Afghanistan
October 7, 2001

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
April 19, 1995

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Baghdad, Iraq
March 20, 2003

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“She walked through the smoke and ashes, and she saw, lying among the cinders, one finger. A human finger with a ring on it. Their wedding ring! She knew that her husband was dead. She took the finger home and had it buried. She kept the ring. And this year she gave the ring to her son, when he got married.”