Agreed, it's easy to forget (~10 years ago) how anti-consumer and rent-seeking Verizon's behavior consistently was. Their phones didn't use J2ME apps, only the

Agreed, it's easy to forget (~10 years ago) how anti-consumer and rent-seeking Verizon's behavior consistently was. Their phones didn't use J2ME apps, only the proprietary Qualcomm BREW, and apps could only come from their own app store (Get It Now). On WinMo/BlackBerry smartphones with GPS, only Verizon's own $5/month map/navigation app could use the GPS hardware. The list went on and on