The beauty of free speech is that we each get to express our opinions. I think the 7100t is a superb BlackBerry. Different - yes - but superb. I like the backlighting brilliance, and I don't find the battery life any different than a Nextel or Verizon BB.
The battery life of the old 957s will never be seen again; I went two-three weeks on a charge. On the 7230, I sometimes made a weekend. With a 7100t I made two days. So you learn to charge it. When I had an iPaq, I sometimes did not make a day!
Beauty, as they say, is in the eye of the beholder
