In all honesty, no, it would not be easier to get an iphone. Switching carriers would cost me and my wife about $700. Even if it were an easy thing to do, I would have to battle my urge to not give in to the marketing machine (a funny thing, being that I run a marketing company…). If the new Windows Mobile app store doesn't do it for me, and I have the option to switch, I will very likely move to Android (talking to you from a nearly perfect version of it on my HTC Touch right now…)