$349 without a contract, $199 with a 2 year. Most stores have slready sold out of their first and second shipments (as mine has) so I am not sure why they are telling you it is not available. Best Buy in the Detroit area has them in stock. I bought the last one my store had tonight (about an hour ago) so I haven't had a chance to chek it out yet.

I played with our active demo for a while and it had decent sound and signal (when I get it home will be the real test), and typical Samsung bad sounding ringers (the 9000 sounds much better). Minimal storage which I am not impressed with (about 50 megs with no expansion slot but it says 47.3 when I check it in the phone). It appears that the downloadable songs are not stored on the phone ...
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As an update to my post above I have a little more info. Signal strength seems to be good in my apartment where I have mediocre coverage so that is a plus. The screen when taking pictires on the highest settings appears a little grainy but the picture itself is extrememly clear and sharp. The 2 bad things I have found: Battery life is not that great but I am hoping this improves with use. The Second thing, the charging/data port cover is tethered to the phone. This is a greeat idea but with the included charger it pinches the tether everytime it is plugged in. I forsee a lot of missing port covers on this as over time the charger will wear the tether down and cause it to break and fall off.

I haven't really found a lot of cons with...
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