i couldnt do this with my iphone
and i dont know if i can with my windows mobile phone
but can i add custom apps to my phone and if so, how?

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/downloads/get-marketplace.mspx

Windows Mobile svcks, though. (not an opinion, a fact that even Microsoft acknowledges, it's why they shipped WP7 before it was feature-complete, adding major features through updates instead)

i got it because i wanted the surround
once i figure out how to flash oh believe me i will, i hate IOS and WM is laggy and frustrating

Uhhh, AFAIK, the HTC Surround runs WP7, if yours has Windows Mobile on it then you got a bootleg.

... im sorry i forgot the seven lol, partially because i didnt know there was another windows mobile o_O

There's Windows Mobile, which is Microsoft's old offering

Then there's windows Phone, which is Microsoft's current offering

If you don't like WP7, you shouldn't have gotten the surround. The Surround isn't anything spectacular on the hardware side of things, making the only real reason to get it the OS, and since you don't like WP7 apparently, you're stuck with a lemon. Is there an early trade-in clause in your contract? If so, trade it in for something that you like.

i got att and the guy on the phone said 100 bucks to break contract and get another phone
i thought the speakers would be good.... there not

This is why you should always do your research before buying something with a contract, and why you should always try it out in-store as well as alternatives before deciding on something.

Well, have fun with it for the next 20 months or so. Hopefully you'll get Mango which might make it svck a little less bad.

20 months from now: be smart, get an android phone (that way even if you don't like it stock you can at least install custom roms to give it a boost in performance)

what android phone is good now? ATT and Verizon, i may leave ATT`

AT&T right now would be the HTC Inspire and the Nexus S (Nexus S is only available with a contract at Best Buy)

In the near future the Samsung Galaxy S II will probably prove to be worthy

On Verizon there's a lot to choose from and not really up to date on which ones are the best (I gave up on Verizon when they announced their stupid data caps). I've heard good things about pretty much all the DROIDs (of course with the Motorola DROIDs you have to put a custom rom on them to kill MotoBlur)

imma message you so we dont spam
lock this rohugh, donner,summer etc
please

Down to me. *click*