Talk to me, Dr. LJ: Phone Edition

So Danger was acquired by Microsoft, and now my Sidekick about as useful as a can on a string.

It's time to think about a new phone.

Things I love about my hiptop: Using AIM to chat with my husband and kids all day, every day. The responsive QWERTY keyboard. Easy Internet access.

Things I don't so much love: really, nothing. Until this horrible data outage, I was pretty happy with it. I did like playing with some g3 phones I've seen, and certainly the iPhone is a schweet piece of technology, but in general the Sidekick has been working really well for me.

When Bill had his iPhone, I messed around with it... and found the keyboard to be clumsy and hard to use. Other than that, the iPhone was pretty fun... but I type ALL THE TIME on my phone, and I need it to be able to handle that.

So... what else out there rivals the Sidekick in ease and access, but isn't supported by a company that will blithely inform me that all my data is gone and there's not a thing I can do about it?

I'll get by with a little help from my friends...

As you know, my phone is now an empty husk of its former self. Seriously... I don't even have my own kids' phone numbers. I need to rebuild my entire address book from the ground up.

Please, please comment on this post with your name, address (snail and email) and phone number! All comments are screened... only I will see this info.

Thank you so much!

My three sons

My three sons
Originally uploaded by mamagotcha.

at a little music festival in cotati.