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I KNOW I should have dried it out in a bag of rice for three days, or something, but c&#8217;mon, i had to try it, right?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I&#8217;ll had a $50 insurance replacement here tomorrow, and it stinks going without a phone, but I didn&#8217;t stop and get another one because I just don&#8217;t know too much about what&#8217;s available.<\/p>\n<p>I really do like my Blackberry, but there are a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/htmls\/Verizon-prepares-15-still-unannounced-phones-for-release-article-a_1989.html\" target=\"_blank\">ton of amazing options coming out from Verizon<\/a>, and at this time I have no reason to leave the. coverage is good, and the customer service is great, but i have to do some research before I drop a bundle on a new toy.<\/p>\n<p>Not to mention that <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GPhone\" target=\"_blank\">Google phone<\/a> is probably coming soon, and if the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GPhone\" target=\"_blank\">Iphone<\/a> were to start coming with a slide out keyboard, I&#8217;d probably want to check that out too. 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