Originally Posted by brichicago1

Thank you for this post...

Last week, I go to the local store and ask about cases. The sales person pulls out a nice black hard case and starts putting it on my device. I was like: "Wait, is it easy to take off?" He says: "Oh yea, no problem." So a few days later my blackberry freezes. I needed to pull the battery. This is when the nightmare began. I discovered that you basically need a blow torch to take off the case! I ended up using a screwdriver - along with my thumbs (which then blistered badly). After an hour of struggling with it I finally got it off..My advice to anyone>>NEVER GET THE HARD CASE!

It is a piece of crap..
I ended up purchasing the rubber case.

I am glad you found the right case.

And I totally agree that the hard case actually makes it look really ugly..

Oh well.. : )