Pre-rant — why does the Gmail app have a better UI than the built in mail reader on blackberry devices? How is a third party capable of levering your development kits better than you, the designer of the platform, RIM?

Apple just released a discounted iPhone to lure unsuspecting users of reliable telephone service to their services. This is unfair and should be stopped. It can only be stopped at the source.

I’m an avid mac fan. Apple does quite a bit right. They are innovators and leaders in this current generation of technology. One of their brilliant competitive advantages is their ability to strongly leverage their innovations which are routinely and consistently superior to everything else on the market.

I refuse to go back to ATT mobile services because I cannot tolerate dropped phone calls several times a day. It would not matter if the iPhone was being provided free of charge on a month to month contract, I will not use ATT services. Speaking as a first generation iPhone user, I would rather struggle through the nuances of syncing my blackberry to my mac than put up with ATT. And yes, it is annoying to be hanging out with my friends while they navigate aircraft to landing on their phone while I’m barely able to pull up a web page.

There’s nothing new or fresh with regards to my ATT issues. When I switched to Verizon, all of the previous dropped call or terrible service areas went away.