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My daughter Emily was passed down the iPhone I bought when it first came out. It didn&#039;t work for me so I gave it to her. That phone developed a small crack in the screen last fall but she kept using it. The crack got worse, propagated, and yesterday she dropped it again. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now it&#039;s shattered, it&#039;s brains have been battered, splattered all over manhattan. Sorry about that, just couldn&#039;t resist a little Stones lyrics fun.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So I asked her if she wanted another iPhone. Surprisingly, the answer was no.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;She wants the new crimson red Blackberry Curve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://avc.blogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/11/blackberry.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;160&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/images/2008/05/11/blackberry.gif&quot; title=&quot;Blackberry&quot; alt=&quot;Blackberry&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Fortunately, it looks like I can get an unlocked one on eBay for between $100 and $200.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I wonder what this says? I realize it&#039;s a sample size of one, but I&#039;ve heard that a bunch of her friends have also given up their iPhones in search of a better texting device which seems to be the one feature they value most.&lt;/p&gt;
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My daughter Emily was passed down the iPhone I bought when it first came out. It didn&#039;t work for me so I gave it to her. That phone developed a small crack in the screen last fall but she kept using it. The crack got worse, propagated, and yesterday she dropped it again. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now it&#039;s shattered, it&#039;s brains have been battered, splattered all over manhattan. Sorry about that, just couldn&#039;t resist a little Stones lyrics fun.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So I asked her if she wanted another iPhone. Surprisingly, the answer was no.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;She wants the new crimson red Blackberry Curve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://avc.blogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/11/blackberry.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;160&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/images/2008/05/11/blackberry.gif&quot; title=&quot;Blackberry&quot; alt=&quot;Blackberry&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fortunately, it looks like I can get an unlocked one on eBay for between $100 and $200.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I wonder what this says? I realize it&#039;s a sample size of one, but I&#039;ve heard that a bunch of her friends have also given up their iPhones in search of a better texting device which seems to be the one feature they value most.&lt;/p&gt;
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My daughter Emily was passed down the iPhone I bought when it first came out. It didn&#039;t work for me so I gave it to her. That phone developed a small crack in the screen last fall but she kept using it. The crack got worse, propagated, and yesterday she dropped it again. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now it&#039;s shattered, it&#039;s brains have been battered, splattered all over manhattan. Sorry about that, just couldn&#039;t resist a little Stones lyrics fun.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So I asked her if she wanted another iPhone. Surprisingly, the answer was no.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;She wants the new crimson red Blackberry Curve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://avc.blogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/11/blackberry.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;160&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/images/2008/05/11/blackberry.gif&quot; title=&quot;Blackberry&quot; alt=&quot;Blackberry&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fortunately, it looks like I can get an unlocked one on eBay for between $100 and $200.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I wonder what this says? I realize it&#039;s a sample size of one, but I&#039;ve heard that a bunch of her friends have also given up their iPhones in search of a better texting device which seems to be the one feature they value most.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img usemap=&quot;#google_ad_map_PtwWe2mwhxKSUvbcMFVZxBTa2lY_&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;amp;client=ca-pub-1976969113493846&amp;amp;output=png&amp;amp;cuid=PtwWe2mwhxKSUvbcMFVZxBTa2lY_&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Favc.blogs.com%2Fa_vc%2F2008%2F05%2Fiphone-vs-black.html&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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My daughter Emily was passed down the iPhone I bought when it first came out. It didn&#039;t work for me so I gave it to her. That phone developed a small crack in the screen last fall but she kept using it. The crack got worse, propagated, and yesterday she dropped it again. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now it&#039;s shattered, it&#039;s brains have been battered, splattered all over manhattan. Sorry about that, just couldn&#039;t resist a little Stones lyrics fun.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So I asked her if she wanted another iPhone. Surprisingly, the answer was no.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;She wants the new crimson red Blackberry Curve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://avc.blogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/11/blackberry.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;160&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/images/2008/05/11/blackberry.gif&quot; title=&quot;Blackberry&quot; alt=&quot;Blackberry&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fortunately, it looks like I can get an unlocked one on eBay for between $100 and $200.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I wonder what this says? I realize it&#039;s a sample size of one, but I&#039;ve heard that a bunch of her friends have also given up their iPhones in search of a better texting device which seems to be the one feature they value most.&lt;/p&gt;
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My daughter Emily was passed down the iPhone I bought when it first came out. It didn&#039;t work for me so I gave it to her. That phone developed a small crack in the screen last fall but she kept using it. The crack got worse, propagated, and yesterday she dropped it again. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now it&#039;s shattered, it&#039;s brains have been battered, splattered all over manhattan. Sorry about that, just couldn&#039;t resist a little Stones lyrics fun.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So I asked her if she wanted another iPhone. Surprisingly, the answer was no.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;She wants the new crimson red Blackberry Curve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://avc.blogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/11/blackberry.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;160&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/images/2008/05/11/blackberry.gif&quot; title=&quot;Blackberry&quot; alt=&quot;Blackberry&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Fortunately, it looks like I can get an unlocked one on eBay for between $100 and $200.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I wonder what this says? I realize it&#039;s a sample size of one, but I&#039;ve heard that a bunch of her friends have also given up their iPhones in search of a better texting device which seems to be the one feature they value most.&lt;/p&gt;
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