I just switched my service over to cingular from that horrid tmobile, and i put me and my mom on their family plan service, so i got her one of the free flip phones that they give out which was so nice, and since i require somthing a little more fancy i opted for the LG F9100 IM phone, Its the first of its kind from LG and it just came out yesterday, i fought to get one of the only two they had in the store, they dont even sell accessories for it yet . I have to say it does a great job at combining both usability as a cell phone and the use of the keyboard. My friend bought a sidekick 2 and i have to say that despite how easy it is to use for internet and im's and typing, its horrid at being a phone, or even for carrying around for that matter, its too bulky. The only thing that pissed me off about this was that for an instant messenging phone, the AIM, Yahoo, ICQ, CM, FUTURE,clients that it has are not as easy to use as id like them to be, not to mention that they only hold 30 screen names, and for people like me, 30 sn's is about 120 sn's too little. I also had a little beef with the color screen, altho the whole phone lit up great at night and indoors, when i went outside this morning with it and was standing in the sun, i could barely see the screen. Other then that id say its great, in the future i would hope they add a few more options to the phone as far as games and the ability to change font/text/color etc, but it comes with all the good stuff like music/polyphonic ring tones, graphics, java powered games, internet.. etc. Heres a pic...




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