I ordered the N1 right out of the box, and it has performed almost flawlessly. The 3G has held as good as anything in REAL use. And it has compared favorably with my experience on the myTouch on t-mobile, and a long list of WM phones on AT&T. It is possible there is a bad batch in the initial production line, or perhaps people are spending WAY too much time looking at their signal status! I have never seen any phone be perfect in holding steady bars/speed level on any carrier in real use - you know, moving about in a building, driving a car, and even just sitting in my office. Too many variables. Its a friggin' phone, not a magical device and large production runs may have some flaws. Now the apparent lack of customer support planned, that is a different story.

I think the discussion here is funny and doesn't necessarily reflect a lot of business's monitor buying tendancy. The org I work for (a non-profit, mind you) now will ONLY buy LCDs when a CRT needs to be replaced. We have some large rooms with lots of desks, and we calculated that it is only an 18-month ROI with electrical savings using LCDs (got to count the cost of A/C in that too.) Also, I think some folks need to exercise some of the more recent LCD's -- refresh is excellent, clarity extraordinary - like the Mitsubishi NX85 I am using right now. Granted, some of the older and bottom-of-the-line LCD's still have a lot to desire....