Mrs. Mercer.

I Have one question for you. I noticed that before the auction was taken down that the account name had been changed in the last 30 days. Anytime someone changes their name in the system, ebay logs this and shows an icon that the name was changed in the last 30 days. Any comment on that?

Have had the phone since November 27th. Upgraded from the 9800. I don't agree with the review from mobileburn.com on the playing mp3's. The new player is a little quirky, but plays mp3's fine. I don't subscribe to any song services. Once the chip was formatted (by inserting into the phone) It created 4 files to put videos and music into. All I had to do was copy some mp3's into the my music file and they played fine. The review talked about having to download music only and that was not true.

My only real complaint is the autofocus for the camera, but as I carry an 8 megapixel point and shoot I don't see this as much of a problem.

This new phone is a little faster in the ui, and they got rid of the red bars of death. (not that the red bars bothered me much anyway. I don't buy a phone for its fashion sense.)

The location based service on the phone works almost as good as a real gps unit. It also gives you the option to only have the phone located for a 4 hour stretch. (for the tin hat big brother is watching us people) then it goes back to 911 location only.

The new phone is thinner and wider which makes it a much better phone to carry than the 9800. Overall a fantastic phone to have for those text message minded people.

Sidebar if you want this phone for the music, buy the lg external speakers (around 100 bucks) they are rechargeable, and those suckers are extremely loud for their size. So loud that I have to keep the phone volume down to 1 bar for most use. Folded the speakers are actually smaller than the 9900.

This is a bad idea for the government to shut down analog. I know from experience that my 2001 suburban can pick up in lots of out of the way places that my verizon phones can't. Yes analog is not as efficient, but it works better for those emergency calls.

What does the government want the analog spectrum for anyway? I bet it ends up costing us (the taxpayers) many millions.

After all this is the government that bailed out Nextel to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars (read: that means we paid for it) to buy part of their spectrum so that there would be no interference with emergency services (how did the fcc miss that in the first place?)

For people that text message the 9800 or V is a great phone. I have had mine since they came out for verizon. Crystal clear calls (despite internal antenna) and the kb is a big plus. My only complaint is that the 9800 is a little clunky due to thickness. The new 9900 appears to address that.

Some people want to text and not have to buy a smart phone or a crackberry to do it.