Samsung SCH-A950 5/5 and 0/5

The Samsung SCH-A950 for Verizon Wireless.  DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE!  The phone looks awesome on paper.  It looks awesome in your hand, even though it is bigger than any phone I have had to carry for almost five years.  It has STEREO SPEAKERS!  Wooo.  Transflash wooo.  bluetooth wooo

You see this is some awesome hardware, Samsung has a winner on it's hands.  This PHONE supports full mp3 player capabilities directly from transflash, it has Bluetooth for transfering those files, syncing your phonebook and even watching video!  I mean, this thing replaces your phone, your iPooood video and even your PDA if you just do calendar syncing.  Or it did until Verizon, the king of hardware disabling Get It Now! (pay for it forever) $0.25 a shot for ringtones and photo transfers raped it and disabled EVERYTHING.  Lets lay it out here.

Hardware Supported - Full free functionality if you have a bluetooth or usb port on your PC.
Bluetooth File Transfer
Bluetooth Dial Up Networking
Bluetooth Calendar Sync
Bluetooth Phonebook Sync
Bluetooth Headphones
MP3 Ringtones
MP3 Player
Video

After Verizon "Value Adding"
Bluetooth File Transfer - Not available at any price
Bluetooth Dial Up Networking - Not available at any price
Bluetooth Calendar Sync - Not available at any price
Bluetooth Phonebook Sync - Not available at any price
Bluetooth Headphones - Can still do that
MP3 Ringtones - $2 a pop for ringers, can be hacked to play renamed mp3 files w hacker magic.
MP3 Player - Disabled in software, can rip wma's with WMP10, but they lose a LOT of quality and sound like shit.
Video - $15 a month, only what is in library, or $4 a pop for "Music Videos" that even MTV realizes suck and won't play.

I have sent this POS back to Verizon, who by the way tried to sell me the same phone w a free "$80" headset that is worth $19.99 on other sites for $179.99 in their brick and mortor store when they KNEW it was on sale on the website for $79.99 with the same damn headset and everything.

Verizon, if it wasn't for multi-year lock in you would have ZERO customers at all.  Your bullshit gets worse with every phone you distribute.

Samsung, I love ya!  I've been using your phone hardware for four years!  They work great when Verizon doesn't try to turn them into vehicles for their failing VCAST bullshit.

Verizon wins the asshat of the year award and gets two thumbs down.
Samsung gets two thumbs up for having a kick ass phone even if i can't use it!