I just found my next cell phone

I have a beef with motorola. Many, actually. Mostly I just hate their phones. I've always found them to be overhyped pieces of crap no self-respecting e-dung beetle would stoop to ingest.

They might have a phone to change my mind now.

The "Q," as its called (think James bond's Q) is a slim-factor phone slightly thicker than the SLVR, about the same size as the RAZR. Runs the latest version of Windows Mobile (5.0) Smartphone, which is the killer feature of my current cell (the Audiovox SMT-5600.) Except the Q addresses my biggest problem with the SMT, the lack of a qwerty-style keyboard. short text messages aren't a problem, but for sending emails, chatting, web surfing... its a Major Complication. Most Smartphone apps take this into account, taking care to make applications menu-driven instead of text-driven, but there are a few good ones (in terms of filling a gap) that not only don't follow this convention, but don't take advantage of the predictive text available.

The Q will initially be available only from Verizon, but I'm hoping Cingular gets it soon, since I'm stuck with them for the next couple of years unless I suddenly come into a large sum of money to pay an early termination penalty. Although I'm not really inclined to change providers--I don't like Cingular's customer service or business practices, but the service itself is usable.