Sweet. This is going to be my next phone for sure. Not as cool as the iPhone or Touch Pro or Storm, but it does exactly what I need, nothing more. The Minutes & Mail plan on T-Mobile (1000 mins w/ unlimited txts, data, email) @ $59/month seals the deal. Nothing else (with the exception of SERO, or whatever they're calling it now) even comes close.

I considered it, but
1. Im not a fan of sliding phones. I like to play rough. Sliding mechanisms usually dont.
2. It is terribly lopsided. It was poorly designed from an aesthetic standpoint. Very poorly designed.
3. It is not flat. Why on earth did they do that?
4. It is thick. 14-ish mm is about as thick a phone as I want.
5. Why Android when there is BB. Android is more on par with WinMo and mobile OSX.

I just need a phone to call (600+ mins), text (400+ month), email (300+ month), and do some BASIC web-surfing (Facebook, Google, Sports, Addresses, Reviews, Engadget)

I just want all that for under $60/month. This + $59/month BIS would rock. G1 + 'spensive 3G plan would not.

Too bad about the Verizon exclusivity thing... well for me at least. T-Mo is where its at (in my opinion).
That $59 BIS (1000mins, Unlimited Texts, Unlimited Data, Email, etc) is pretty tough to beat. Even if it is EDGE. Edge is all I need on my BB. But still... wow! BB has the Bold, Javelin, and Storm, all phones I would LOVE to own... now just gotta wait for T-Mo to figure out whats going on. Poor, disoriented, little Deutsche Telekom. When will you be able to get such enticing exclusivity agreements as VZW's Storm, ATT's iPhone, Sprint's Instinct? *tear*

I really don't know what's going on over there at Lenovo, but what's with the off-center screen trend? Do they think its a joke or something? Whats next? Making rhombus shaped computers? I'm starting to get the feeling that Lenovo's designers are messing with us, just because they can.

I don't really care about it being recycled, I just think it has a cool design. I wouldn't mind getting myself one of these for x-mas.

Me likes. Now I just have to decide: this or a Blackberry Bold. Basically, touchscreen or keyboard? But that 5mp camera is looking mighty sexy right now... I wonder if they are thinking of making a Touch Pro HD. Because that would be awesome.

Grrrr. Well so much for USB 3.0. No point in having a Universal Serial Bus if its not UNIVERSAL. Looking forward (very far in the future probably) to FW3200 in my next MBP ;)

no i saw it too. very well placed imho.

@ MoonMan: My father was a MBZ/BMW technician for 20 years. BMW cars are built like crap. They handle poorly for their price range. Their failure rate is THROUGH THE ROOF. And most of them leak like pigs. I drive an MBZ, my father has only driven BMW and Mercedes for the past 20 years. I can say, with a great degree of certainty, that you sir, are an IDIOT. Apple is not like BMW. Apple computers are like Lotus. Fast, light, not the most powerful, and generally more expensive than normal. (I am a mac/pc dual user. I love both, but If i had to pick one, Mac stays, PC goes)

Toyota cars are reliable, cheap for parts (comparing to BMW), and do their job very well (CARS ARE FOR TRANSPORT). Hondas are much the same way.

@ Hamidxa: Agree almost 100%, except for the part about apple users not knowing the ins and outs of their computers. I use apple computers quite a lot. I have built 4 windows systems from the ground up (all for gaming), starting in 1999 when i was still in elementary school. I am not an expert... but i certainly do know how a computer works at a fairly advanced level. I know my computers. Please do not for one second think that ALL mac users have no clue how computers work. Many of us CHOSE mac over PC after years of working with PCs. I have many friends/acquaintances in IT who chose mac because they know how pitiful windows is. The OPERATING System is the key to the mac. Specs mean shit when comparing to windows PCs, because PCs are held back by the bloatware crap that is Windows (essentially an operating system from 1993 [NT 3.1] with a few new features and a pretty new theme) Yes, the OS on macs is slightly less feature-rich but it is more than sufficient for 99% of users (other than gaming of course).

The fact that Apple even exists... with it's crippling hardware restrictions and wallet-emptying price markups on off the shelf components... illustrates just how bad windows is. Now Windows 7, I like where that is going. If they do it right... i might just go back to windows for gaming and work. But while XP and Vista (ie NT 5.1 and NT 6) are still dominant... windows will remain the inferior operating sytstem. Just my $.02

@ peter: If you payed for it, use it. nothing wrong with that. If you have 5 licenses, u are allowed to have osx on 5 computers. if you own OSX its fine to download it. Its more convenient sometimes. So have fun with those 2 extra licenses :)