Carrier Rants and Raves

If any of you out there are like me, one of the thing that is the most frustrating is that the carriers control the Blackberrys that we have access to. This is becoming a bigger problem as there are many great new Blackberrys hitting the market. I would love to be able to buy anyone of these great devices but I am limited to what my carrier has. It seems to me that this is not a good buisness model for the RIM and all the other device makers. Take the Storm for example. It seems to be selling like hot cakes. Good for VZW sure, but is it good for RIM? The same could be said for the Bold, great for att, but not so great for RIM.

If you think of the carriers like cable companys it makes even less sence. Inagine if you were a COX subscriber and they told you that you could not get a Sony HD, since they had a deal with Phillips. People would go crazy, heck congress would most likley get involved. But if it is a cell phone carrier all the rules seem to go out the window.

Here in North America we have another problem as well. VZW,Sprint,Alltel and several others are running on CDMA. This makes it even harder when it comes to phone selection. What if I wanted to get the Palm Pre, guess I am just SOL. There is no way I am going to leave a carrier that that I have been with for some time just for a new phone.

I think that this could be fixed a couple of ways. First make GSM the standard for all carriers world wide. This would at least allow any phone to be unlocked and run on any carrier. I think that this would also have a great side effect. If carriers do not have the advantage of having the latest and greatest phones, they would have to work on things like improving coverage and customer support.

Well that's it for now. Any thoughts from readers would be great.