No, it's not technically mine to do whatever I want with--it's issued to me, but it's still the company's property. Plus they're paying for the service too, so I can't really bring my own phone to their contract, if that makes sense. But I'm mainly being tongue-in-cheek here, as usual--like I said, if it was really important to me I'd have to suck it up and pay for what I want. Since it's all free, it's pretty silly to complain at all. First-World Problem for sure: my free smartphone isn't exactly the kind I wanted, boo-hoo, right? :)

Yup, my Nextel phone was a Motorola! But it was too dumb to even do custom ringtones, I think. I did enjoy the compact size and robust feel of the thing, I must say. Smartphones are nifty and all, but they sure feel fragile, and are a rather unwieldy form factor for a phone. Good thing I rarely use them for that purpose!