I've been using mobile phones for about 17 years (the first was barely "mobile"!), and blackberry's for about 4, having had an 8700, 8800, 8100 (Pearl), and 8300 (Curve) prior to getting the 8900. The 8900 is, without question, the best I've used to date -- solid feel, perfect form factor for me, great camera and video cam, WiFi/UMA works fantastically well, GPS, tons of memory, gorgeous display, and a processor that's fast enough so that I no longer have ANY lag moving from screen to screen, app to app, etc. Loving this device!