What phone should I get?

[ciphergoth]

I need a new phone. I'm almost totally at a loss about what I want. I don't know whether I should get a smartphone, or whether the browser/diary/etc facilities of a normal phone are enough. Any ideas?

Rules (updated):

• 3G, Bluetooth
• No Microsoft
• Must work in San Francisco

Update: Currently tempted by the Sony M600i...

Comments

[emarkienna.livejournal.com]

Just a note about relying on the facilities of a normal phone - the web browser on mine (Motorola V980) is rather basic and doesn't work with many pages (e.g., LiveJournal). I don't know if this is typical of non-smart phone browers or I was just unlucky with this model. On the other hand, it can run Opera Mini which works a lot better.

Also the built-in email client is rather crappy (it seems to only want to download the first bit of messages if they are too large despite me increasing the relevant size option...).