I just don't get the hype over the iPhone. The curve can do almost everything the iPhone can, some things the iPhone can't or that require an "app". Are you typing with two thumbs or poking with a finger?
There is little doubt that there are Apple fans that drink the Kool-Aid daily and can never seen anything wrong in Apple land.
I think much of the hype of the iPhone has really come from the media and of course individuals.
I've had many, many phones over the years and when I tried the original iPhone I found it to be the most simple and easy phone I had ever used. No it didn't do everything, but what it did do, it did GREAT! The Windows Mobile phones I had over the years where pretty much trash, OS crashed or froze up. I could go on, but you get my point. I eventually returned the iPhone not because of the phone, but because of AT&T pitiful coverage in my area.
This time around I went with the 3Gs and once again in comparison to most of the Blackberries, Motorola's and Palms I had used over the years, it is just a hell of a lot better phone for what I do day in and day out. Finally AT&T's network is much improved, still not perfect, but once they buy my local carrier with the 850Mhz the coverage will improve and plus this will give them towers in the rural areas for rock solid coverage. For me coverage is king moreso than the phone itself. But there is nothing wrong with having great coverage on a phone that is great to use.
I don't drink the Apple Kool-aid, but I sure like this damn phone compared to every other phone I have ever used in my life. I admit I've never used a Storm, but I know some who have and I've played with it. In my book its just okay. There is no doubt that RIM makes great phones!
When you consider these companies. AT&T, Verizon, Sprint... there are horror stories on all sides and there are those that swear by them. It just seem to be the luck of the draw! While you say Verizons CS is better, there will be another guy that says... that isn't my experience. LOL I know that on any given day I can get poor or great service no matter which carrier I use.
By the way typing, I do the two thumbs in landscape mode, but I can also do the one finger quick type in portrait mode if necessary. I like having the option of both! My biggest gripe about most of the newer is I just don't like the keys.