I absolutely love the IPhone.  I surf the web on it, check my e-mails, talk with friends and clients, chat with relatives in other countries for pennies thanks to Skype, and take some of my favorite shots of my kids with it.  It is a great device, with one huge flaw.

The flaw is the AT&T network.  On some days every single call is dropped.  Some days I do not receive any calls at all until the evening when they all come as voice mails.  I have missed numerous important phone calls thanks to their network and it is embarrassing to have to call back other agents several times during the course of a conversation. 

The issue is not the phone – which Apple has already replaced.  I have spent hours with tech support – who advised me to continuously reset my network settings.  “Why didn’t I have to do this with Verizon”, I asked.  Their response – “because Verizon has a better network.”

My husband is prodding me to give up my IPhone and move to Verizon so that I can continue to communicate again.  The problem is I am addicted – I love my IPhone.  It is rather like an abusive relationship.  “I promise I won’t drop your calls again”, it seems to say over and over again.  I want to get rid of it, but I simply abhor the Blackberry Storm and other garbage phones Verizon is pushing at us.

That is why I need your help Microsoft.  It seems obvious that you have something up your sleeve.  T-Mobile has the Google phone and Sprint has the Palm-Pre.  Isn’t it rather suspicious that Verizon – who happens to be a big Microsoft partner – doesn’t have an IPhone competitor?  I have heard news that the Palm Pre will come to Verizon in January, but I also have a feeling that when Microsoft finally does announce their IPhone competitor – Verizon will be their carrier.

So Microsoft, please come out with this phone.  Please come out with something that competes with the IPhone enough that I can finally rid myself of the AT&T curse.  Please help me leave this abusive relationship.  I’m not looking for the perfect phone.  I just need something that looks halfway decent and doesn’t drop my calls.