Pathetic

I feel really sorry for cellphone users in the US, that includes me. The latest mostly advertised SMARTPHONE(!) carried by the major carrier AT&T is Palm Centro. Not to mention the lack of WiFi and 3G support (although it is not a big deal; I don't use any 3G function myself even I am using a 3G phone, but I'd like WiFi very much), from the look of it I think it is a joke. Can Palm just hire a proper designer to put just a little bit more of a decent outlook, at least? iPhone is great, but I don't like the marketing strategy of Apple's. If Microsoft is evil to its software competitors, Apple is evil to consumers.

Why don't the carriers just import one or two eye-candies from Sony Ericsson, and give the business away to unlocked phone sellers?