exactly. all ericcsoin phones are pathetic..even this cam one (i used it briefly this past summer)....they have piss poor response (press a button, takes 2-3 seconds to respond) plus switchin to gsm in dc is a big fuck no. dc/md gets poor ass reception dnt know about va... this being said ive had gsm and the sonyericson t68 for the past year now and its a major pain in the ass..just looks good... i should have never switched from nokia...my baby... im just waitin for this to get here...now thats a fuckin phone and a half http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,8764,27399,00.html