Cell Phone - General Devices Questions

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New to the boards here. Might be switching to Verizon soon. Can someone recommend a phone for me that meets the following:

Best Messaging Keyboard (or dual keyboards)

Battery Life More Than 12 Hours

IM Providers: AIM, Google Talk, MySpace, FaceBook, Yahoo

Downloadable Games/Apps

MP3 Player

BlueTooth

No Higher Than $300

I DO NOT want another BlackBerry (had my share of constant problems with them on T-Mobile)

Easy to use one-or two-handed

I'm only using it on the Nationwide Messaging Plan ($34.99), no voice. E-Mail is $5 extra per month but the details of the plan say email is included

I have looked at the following phones:

LG enV3 (on recommendation of a friend who has the enV2)

Samsung Intensity

LG Versa

Samsung Rogue

LG enV Touch

HTC Touch Pro 2

HTC Ozone

Samsung Saga

[#2 · Accepted solution]

LG enV3: great keyboard, good, sturdy feel to the keys. Front display is still a little too small. A little difficult to navigate. Comes in two colors

Samsung Intensity: good phone for the price. Basic slider, qwerty. The navigational pad is a little confusing (it's round like the Rival)

LG Versa: nice touch screen, better than Dare. Has better mobile web browser. No longer comes with qwerty keyboard.

Samsung Rogue: have it. keyboard a little difficult to get used to. browser is great, toggle between 5 webpages at once. easy access to facebook, myspace, youtube, photobucket. requires data package

LG enV Touch: i personally don't like this phone. internal screen is huge if you're into watching videos or playing games. easy to navigate. requires a data package.

HTC Touch Pro 2: gross, requires 29.99 data package

HTC Ozone: good pda. requires 29.99 data package

Samsung Saga: old, okay, old, kind of crappy, old

[#3]

Thanks for the comparison. I guess my friend was correct LOL Looks like I'll get the enV3 then.

[#4]

I got the enV3 for the same reasons

A major deciding point for me that enV3 is smaller and has longer battery life than enV Touch.

enV3 also had the highest megapixels at 3 megapixels compared to other phones that were available (excluding smart phones). I think it is a solid choice.