I got the bold 9700 bought it offline and put an o2 simplicity sim in with the free bb web bolt on, it arrived yesterday so haven't had it too long but so far so good. I am used to using an 8300 which i had through work and this one obviously is a lot better. CNET.co.uk did a good review of it got 8.8 they said its the best bb to date but they were just saying that its not as fun as iphone and the browser is not all that, i personally haven't had any problems with it. Menus and interface are fast and sharp, loving the trackpad in comparison to the ball which i never really liked to be honest. I only got a bb because i can't access hotmail at work so thought it would be ideal to have my hotmail emails on my phone. If you wanna know anything else about the phone just holla.Looking to do the same thing tbh. I'm even tempted to cancel one of my O2 simplicity contracts and go to sh*t Tmobile for the phone.How much did you get your 9700 for though?