This is one of the problems I have with tech companies these days: They do everything in their power to make a buck while making life as possible for the consumer. Why shouldn't all phones which use smartcards be interchangeable between phone companies?! Just charge us a flat fee of $25 to get the smartcard for THEIR company! Duh! Why should I have to throw out a perfectly good phone every time I decide to change my provider? And why don't all devices use an AC power cord with the exact same end that sticks into the device? Isn't it stupid that I have to own 27 DIFFERENT adaptors in spite of the fact that 25 of them are exactly the same voltage?! Or how about iPods which are designed to withstand no more than a year or two of normal use but are not upgradeable and do not come with a proper warranty? To make things worse, it seems that Apple insists on releasing a newer, BETTER version of the iPod every other week! This week it's iPod with video functions, next week it'll be iPod with Holographic Imaging and Can Opener capabilities. Ugh... At times the corporate greed really does make me sick.

Cheers!!  :wink: