I consider hands on experience using the phone as my primary driver for at least a month. So yes, owning = hands on experience. 10 minutes in a store isn't the same thing.
As for the rest of the mysogynistic garbage that was spewed, I'm trying my best to ignore it. However, the ignore list just got a new member (at least until he gets banned. Again.)
Why threads like this are allowed to exist past their first post is beyond me. It is inevitable that such topics will deteriorate to this same pissing contest that so many hundreds of others have. Please, don't even move this to rehab -- just put a bullet in its head already.
I feel this has gone way beyond what the thread was meant to be, feel all involved have put their points across and all is well taken but name calling etc. can be avoided.
Let it rest, RIM will work towards its goals and Ultimately reach where it is destined to and we will all forget what roadblocks it had and how it overcame them and if RIM doesn't then a whole lot of people will be Very SAD (including me).
All said and done Blackberry is an AWESOME communication device !!!!