Help, I need a new cell phone

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The Blackberry is a very fine thing indeed. The beauty of the mini trackball becomes clear after a few days; you can get around your screen's real estate in a way that's almost mouse-like. The interface is very intuitive. The user community is very good. Software is plentiful and often surprising.

It works excellently with all things Google. I found that once I had Gmail set up on it, I could easily manage all my email just using the BB if I have to, which is very nice.

I had a Windows Mobile phone from Motorola and it was a depressing device to have. WinMo found ways to keep apps running, take up memory, and kill the battery in a day. If you want Outlook integration that's the strong point, if you but don't care to have Outlook on your system, it means you don't get your contacts and other such things sync'd up well.

The iPhone's lack of a real keyboard is huge. I grit my teeth when I'm forced to try qwerty on a touch screen. Apple needs to have a slide-out real keyboard...

...or hell, the netbooks could be sold with data plans and we could return to using phones as phones again...