4 Valid Reasons I do not Have A iPhone

Being I am such a Mactard you would think I have a iPhone right? I have been using Apple computers and products since the early 80's (before the Macintosh) and have probably 95% apple products where applicable. Well I do not have a iPhone and I have no plans to get one. I get asked soooo many times why not so I thought I would make a post about why. Here are the biggest reasons off the top of my head. These may or may not apply to you based on what you need out of a phone or where you live. 1 - Coverage - Where I live in the midwest ATT has horrible coverage. Everytime someone visits me with an iPhone they complain about not being able to get service. This by itself is a deal killer. Every other major carrier works great. 2 - No keyboard. I just cant do the touchscreen thing. I know it looks cool and all that but its just not my thing. I need a full qwerty keyboard and I want real keys. 3 - iTunes Lock In - Its pretty lame that you can't do anything without itunes. If I want to load a application from a developer why should it have to go through itunes? If I want a ringtone why should it have to go through iTunes ????? Maybe I am just a control freak. 4 - Battery Life - from my friends that have iPhones they pretty much all complain about the batter life. With my BlackBerry curve I have applications working 24/7. Stock ticker updates, email, news reader, twitter updates and I can go 72 hours without a charge depending on talk time. I really like the iPhone. Its basically won every award for gadget of the year for 2007 and I expect the 3g version to sweep all the gadget awards in 2008. Its a really awesome toy and if I was not so business dependent on my phone I might consider getting one. I do have a ipod touch and its a fun toy... but that fun toy has not had any use since the first week I got it. So in closing - Basically I have no friends to impress with the cool features, and I do not have time to constantly hax0r it with jailbreak so if I were to get a iPhone shortly after I got it I would be stuck with: A phone with horrible coverage and battery life with no keyboard. P.S. If you are a iPhone user and trying to cope with the low battery life this is a great guide to get a longer battery life