Looking to get a new cell phone and service, what a pain.

The iPhone is very nice, but the monthly service charges are unreasonably high, it doesn’t support high speed data, and can’t be effectively used as a modem for the laptop.

The Blackberry is pretty nice, I have some experience with it, and is pretty cheap. The 8300, for example, is free after rebate from AT&T on Amazon right now. But it requires a special data plan, increasing the monthly charges. I’m not sure if it can act as a modem.

The Motorola Q9C is available from Sprint SERO, which means I can get 500 minutes and unlimited high-speed data for $30/month and can use it as a modem. But it’s a windows mobile phone and support for Gmail is iffy. Plus it’s also kinda old-school ugly looking.

I’m leaning towards the Q9C, but it’s not really the phone I want. Bah.