I am thinking of getting a new Blackbery which one do u think i should get the 7290 or 7100g or wait till the 8700c goes down on price?

get a 8700r or 8700C, they both rock with a intel 312mHz processor,work just fine!

I just pulled my 8700c out of the box yesterday, time to retire the old stand by partner, the 950.. I love this thing... still one fatal flaw, at least so far as I can tell, no handling of email file attachments??? Am I wrong?

I think you need a 3rd party program, not sure, Im still new. Lake Norman....Im in Charlotte.

The choice really depends on who your carrier is. And the choice of carrier should depend on where you live, travel, work, play etc, not who offers what phone. Doesn't do any good to have the latest or greatest phone, if you don't have a good connection. A BB has to have a data connection to be more useful than a phone. Otherwise you just bought your self an expensive paper weight.

In many areas there are one or more carriers that are adequate. You just need to see which one fits your use patterns and go from there.