DISQUS

Om got a Curve (the new 8900) because he went to T-Mobile. And in the US, that's the only BB that T-Mobile has... unfortunately.

These companion ticket coupons are amazingly cheap for a company to purchase. In quantity, they cost far less than US$1. The reason that they are so cheap is that you have to use the coupon company's travel agent, and as you noted above, their prices are astronomically high for the first ticket.

Ewan: I agree that keeping a back up phone in the car is a great idea.. But Stateside, PAYG handsets are only good for 60 to 90 days at a time. Then the credit gets erased, and you have to buy another top up card and re-register the phone. If anyone knows a provider that can accommodate this need, I'd love to know.

Samantha: You're right on point with your comment and Ollysk2 is also correct when he says that the situation in the States is even worse. We got rid of carrier owned equipment for our land lines in the 80's and one would have thought that we learned something.

I had hoped that Apple would have lead the way 14 months ago, by selling the iPhone without a carrier tie in. If Jobs had launch the iPhone this way, I believe that sales would be even higher than they are today. The only physical location where you can buy a non-carrier locked phone today is the Sony Style store... And that's just not enough of a game changer to have an impact on US consumers.

Great Show as always... Those of us in the States are always interested in what we will see here in 2 - 3 years time...