Best Verizon cell phone for price

Hi,
I'm about to buy a new phone from verizon, and I'm wondering what to do. I look at all of these phones, and most of them look pretty nice, but I can't judge a phone by it's cover.

What is the best phone Verizon offers for the price in terms of battery life, usability, pc compatibility, and overall quality?

By PC compatibility I mean the ability to put my own music, photos, etc on the phone from my pc. If at all possible...

what about besides ability to transfer music? They can all do that. What about touch screen, ease of txt messaging, checking e-mail, etc.?

Okay add that to the list.
I'm just looking for an all around good phone that I'll be happy with. Does anyone have a good suggestion for a good phone for not too much money?

If you Just want a phone with a basic camera, ok media player, great signal and great battery that will last you 2 years get the LG 8350. You can put music on it, take pictures, etc but its a no nonsense meant to be a phone phone.

If you are really into music like me take a look at the chocolate 3. I returned my voyager(which was a nice phone but I didn't need all those features) for the chocolate 3. I am so happy i did. Its a great phone and I just carry my phone instead of my mp3 player etc. I can listen to it on my car radio and with the Verizon Rapsody I can download an unlimited amount of songs on it. As a phone it is awsome. Calls are clear and I have not had one drop call. I really wouldn't expect anything less from lg.

I had the chocolate 3 for a while and it is a good phone but for what it does I thought the battery life was a bit short and the price a bit high. $130 for a fm transmitter ( the only option that really makes it different than the 8350). It is a good phone though. I just feel it is overrated
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Hi X I haven't had any problems with the battery. I talk, do a little texting and use the music player everyday to and from work as well as sometimes in the house. I would say I get about 3 to 4 days before I have to charge it again. Compared to the Voyager which I had to charge everyday. If I didn't use the music and just did straight up talking I could get even more. The price is 129.99 with a 50 dollar rebate which isn't to bad. The Fm transmitter is ok but I really do not use it. I do love that it has a 3.5mm jack, 1gb of memory built in and I also bought an 8 gb memory card. I have verizon rapsody so I can download an unlimited amount of songs. If your into music it is the phone to get but if you are going to use the other features than the Voyager is the way to go but like I said before the battery life sucks on the voyager.