[gorfit]

I saw the 8830 live last week (our corp rep had it in the office). I took it for a test drive and it was awesome. The silver color was not as sharp as the black from Cingular, Rogers, T-mobile but its VZ up to its old tricks again (remember the silver and then black Qs).

I ordered it through the rep this morning.

Details:
2 yr contract price with corp discount - $159.99 (required unlimited $44.99 data plan, but I can downgrade any time). I also got the global kit with the SIM (another $20 per month that can be cancelled any time w/o penalty).

So whoever is paying $500+ is not getting a deal.

-- One more thing - the rep told me the global kit was free if I ordeded it with the phone and $30-$40 if bought separately depending on corp discount. So I got it at the time of the order.

Eg