The Curve has been joy. The Blackberry trackball is a great way to get around. Touch is oh-wow until you need precision --
that's my stance, and I'm sticking with it. I love its
actual keyboard. Gmail integration is awesome, as is Google Search, Maps. The phone jack is (the correct) 3.5mm, the charging/connecting is (the correct) mini-USB. a
really cool desktop charging cradle is $19.95 at crackberry.com where you can also find a free battery pull app called "
QuickPull Free". Actually you could browse the whole Crackberry "free" section to see what software you can get for nothing: Pandora...