Raq, I have a RAZR and am plenty happy with it.

I too was tempted by the Treo, but ultimately passed on it because I couldn't really afford it (and justify the expense to S). I kind of think you should get the Treo.q

I've heard that the Treos are rife with hardware problems (and the Razr somewhat less so, but still notably).

There's supposed to be a high average # of Treos that one goes through before getting one that works--of the unfortunate owners, I do know one who's on his fifth.

I like my Razr, but it took me two to find one that worked, and even so Bluetooth needs to be restarted too often, and sometimes (every couple days) the whole thing needs to be turned off then on before it'll GPRS out and behave like a good little modem.

Those Sidekick IDs are pretty cute, but it really depends on what you're going to be using it for.

I lurve my Treo. I have a 700p, but my sister has the 680 (cheaper!) and other than mine having an external antenna, I can't see a difference.

Sean is the only person I know who likes their Razr (freak!) - most of the complaints I've heard have been that while it's very pretty, the flat buttons are a PITA. It's also heavier than a Treo, even though it's about half the size.

Depending on the carrier, a Blackberry Pearl might be a cheaper PDA-phone option than the Treo. I think Kristin has one.

There's supposed to be a high average # of Treos that one goes through before getting one that works--of the unfortunate owners, I do know one who's on his fifth.

Yikes! I guess I've been lucky -- my 650 died after about 11 months, but I attributed that to its bought-on-eBay-used-and-very-very-cheap status. So far I haven't had any problems with my 700p. Knock wood.

I lucked out with my RAZR, then.

I've dropped it on a hinge corner, cracked the glass on the small screen on the cover, and spilled lemonade (very sticky lemonade) on it.

It's still chugging along, though I become more certain by the day that I will need to replace it well before I get the option of upgrading it from Cingular.

I had my Treo 600 for over two years, and was still working OK when I finally replaced it with a Treo 700, with which I haven't had any problems.

Neither the Treo or the Pearl has Wi-Fi, though, right?

Are they weird to use as a phone?

Ooo, yeah, the Sidekick is cool looking.

Depending on the carrier, a Blackberry Pearl might be a cheaper PDA-phone option than the Treo.

Amazon still has them for free with a service plan. The plans seem pretty reasonable though: [link]

Like Theo, I have pay-as-you-go service with Virgin. But I'm using the phone for emergencies only.

Correction: The Blackberry Pearl at Amazon is MINUS $75. It's free, plus they throw in a $75 rebate towards the service.

The Blackberry Pearl at Amazon is MINUS $75.

::goes off to order one million of them::