Thanks for the great comments everyone. I knew I could count on the Engadget community to come through. To be honest...y'all brought up more points of consideration than I had thought of (size, amplification, Hello Kitty, etc...).

To those who suggest headphones - I agree that it is more considerate, but we have a REALLY open floor plan and in the afternoon everyone makes requests for music so I figured I might as well get some better speakers with which to share.

I appreciate all the suggs.

-Chris

Boosh!

Clever girl.

Boosh.

I looove Chinatown!

Publicly financed campaigns would solve almost every problem...including this one.

mucho gusto

Barney never looked so good.

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I like this design alot, but what I really like so far about all my blackberry's I've used (currently have 8800) is the dedicated keyboard. I have tried several of my friends' iPhones and it's just not the same. Don't get me wrong...the iPhone is a superb gadget, but since I do a LOT of email for work I just don't know that a soft keyboard will do the trick for me.