You should've gotten an iPhone and installed Android on it.
Yes, it's possible. Look it up on Google.
Now ask yourself, why would you waste your time doing that? You're clearly an expert on smart phones.
If you do that you completely lose the interface and iTunes on the phone. That's pretty much turning the phone into a heavy lithium-ion powered paperweight.
I don't want an iphone, adn you cannot get them with verizon...
AT&T and Verizon both thoroughly suck, neither has very good selection and their plans are pretty crappy anyhow. I suppose it's a matter of coverage and deciding how much you want to pay for extras like texting.
Really if you don't have a iPhone or a smart phone for that matter, trust me on this;
you don't need one. It's just paying ridiculous fees for data plans and nonsense like that. You'd be better off getting an iPod Touch and using any messaging phone. I own one and really it's cool to play with, but having to pay for it month after month is kinda a pain in the ass.