I've only had 2 Virgin mobile phone (the kyocera K9 and Slice) before getting my first BB.
Dec 30, 2008 - I saw at wal-mart (in Colorado Springs) a completely free TMO sapphire pearl 8100 and since I didn't have enough money to pay all at once most other BB, I snapped up one before the sale was over (No activation fees & $0.00 price tag (don't even have to deal with rebates)). I was glad that it was T-Mobile anyway cause TMO is very very popular among many deafs (though most of them uses sidekick, bleh!) cause of their data plan price (though the BIS is a bit more pricey that I would like, I will still keep it, esp since tethering is free! (just have to figure out why my PC is not connecting))
Now I'm completely addicted!