This isn't as ridiculous as it sounds. I know some companies that offer phones like the BB Tour, Palm Pre, Bold's, etc. for free, and they ship from the corporate warehouses. Customers would get the phones on 5 lines, and flip the phones for 350+, and only pay a termination fee of 175. This fraud usually happens in conjunction with a Tax ID and/or business account, and is how a ton of new devices hit eBay in mint condition (sometimes before release date). Let's put it this way... I KNOW this guy received these phones for next to nothing:

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/06/05/palm-pre-hits-ebay-prior-to-official-launch-just-900-and-a-fis/

This would be dumb for Google and Verizon. The knock on the Android system is how it works with corporate clients/servers...I would think it would be hard for a business decision maker to get in the door, and try Android, if there was more upfront costs associated with it (and it isn't proven for businesses). I know Blackberry is constantly lowering their CAL costs, and outsourcing the tech support...combine that with BB's reputation, and even though the Droid is cool, a business would have to go with BB's. But, what am I thinking...this is just an up sell for mobile pros who walk out of VZW with their Driods this Friday, only to come back on Monday saying that their corporate email doesn't work. After they are told they have to add the 15 dollars, they will complain, but give their money to the company that is the BEST at getting it.

hmmmm, any run-on sentences with these things -- in it ?

who names these phones? Bun B? Paul Wall?

Wouldn't it be better if you gave it a couple hours of charge, to be fair? I do the same thing, though... so I understand

They couldn't use USC because USC does nothing but throw bombs against other scrub Pac-10 squads, like these 2.

barrette is what it should be...

I would assume EngadgetMobile takes responsibility before posting things that aren't confirmed, from readers.

Update: They just put a watch with a RIM logo on their front page (leading readers with no reading comprehension to believe it is a real accessory), along with an article filled with wild speculation. No responsibility there.

I have long been a proponent for this type of jack...kudos to HTC!!!

Lol...we need to have a beer summit, because I'm not white. Two, I am also not a sales manager...I own a cell phone component distribution warehouse, in Vegas. Three, my salespeople who do sell phones are as good as it gets. Four, you started a sentence with a number (3.5) and nowhere in the sentence did you mention that the reason you like the jack is because any phone with a 3.5 mm jack doubles as your girlfriend. Five, my salespeople are the best in the business and they qualify people for phones like the TP2 by figuring their server needs, software needs, etc., and if the customer balks at a deal because of a 3.5 mm jack, our response will be:

Mr. Doax, put down the Star Wars action figure and come out of your mom's basement. Tradition is the albatross around the neck of progress. Get over the 3.5 mm jack, and worry about the 85 other features that make this a great phone.

Six, you guys need a sense of humor...