Originally Posted by besnard1

I often hear people say that the reason there is no 3G BlackBerry is because there are not enough 3G areas. I think that is a very foolish argument. A company would never tell their customer "We're not going to build a product for you because we don't think you need it." In cases like this the reasons would almost always be either technical or financial. at&t wants nothing more than a 3G BlackBerry and 3G iPhone. If you have been to an at&t store recently, depending on the market, the only 2G phones you will find will be BlackBerry and iPhone. As markets turn up 3G sites, they take resources away from the EDGE network. This will lead to call blocking on certain towers that are used primarily for 3G, meaning that to get a 2G signal you might be pulling from a tower twice as far away and your quality of service will go way down. at&t knows this and that's why you haven't seen many, if any, of the mass market 2G handsets in stores lately, and with the exception of a BlackBerry or iPhone, will never see one in an add. To share with you my own personal experience, I used a Curve for 30 days. My wife's Nokia 6555 and my Blackjack would have full signal where my Curve would have 1 bar and I would drop calls all the time at our home. I ended up returning the Curve. In my own opinion you would be crazy to invest money in either a BlackBerry or iPhone until they are compatible with the 3G network. Since at&t has ZERO plans to invest capital in their 2G network (notice there was no mention of 2G in their recent network announcements), 2G customers like BlackBerry and iPhone users will only see their quality of service get worse. Hopefully I'll only have to use Windows Mobile for a few more months...