Hey All -

I am currently using Helio's Ocean (GAH!) and my contract is up in June -- I've been waiting for this day for about 1 year and 350 days. Anyway, this is not a thread to bash Helio's junk or their bad service, it is a thread to get suggestions for what phone I should pick up.

Here are some features I would like (in no particular order):

1- GPS
2- Easy access to gmail (perhaps a simple app that runs instead of needing to hit a website, but not required)
3- WiFi
4- Ability to use the phone as a modem for my laptop
5- WindowsOS (sort-of flexible on this one)
6- Very customizable (one thing I hate about the ocean is that I can do nothing on it without Helio seeing or approving it - apps only allowed that Helio blesses, no home screen customization, etc.)
7- Real QWERTY keyboard -- not an on-screen/touch one

As another thought, the G1 has always been interesting to me. However, it wasn't available in my area code on a fast network. Does anyone have news of when it will go to VZ or some other high speed network in the 83406 area code?

Thanks for any suggestions.