Help! What phone?

I've got myself into a bit of a pickle. For the past 9 months I have been using the BlackBerry Currve 8900 as my primary device. Prior to that I was using the iPhone. I fell in love with BlackBerry after being introduced to the device while working as an O2 Guru. I still kept my iPhone as a secondary device as I regularly use some of the utility apps and used the iPod but never used it as a phone.

I have loved everything about the 8900, just the instantness of getting messages, IMs, Facebook messages, comments, etc. But lately I've found myself picking up the iPhone more frequently, mainly to use the apps, games, reading my RSS feeds, twitter updates. I've thought about going back to using the iPhone but after a long hard think I don't really want to go back to using the iPhone, I'm into the interface, the touch interface. I miss using the touchscreen. I keep thinking about putting my sim into the iPhone, there's a tiny urge to do so but something stops me and it's because of the push notification that I get from the BlackBerry that I'll miss. So, I'm looking at other touchscreen phones I could get instead. I've thought about the Nokia N97 as I did enjoy my Nokia N95, from QuickOffice to the camera and would like go back to Symbian. Then again I've thought about getting and Android phone, purely because I have not used the OS yet and there's the geek in me that wants to try it out. Then there's the BlackBerry Storm 2. It's a BlackBerry, which will provide with the things I currently have and it's a touchscreen.

There's too much choice and it's doing my head in a little bit. But the two strong contenders are the HTC Hero and the BlackBerry Storm 2, with the iPhone trying to sneek itself in there. I think the only reason this is the case is because the iPhone has great apps that use quite regularly that I can't get on the other two. Actually, I'm not sure about the HTC Hero but I know I can't get the apps on BlackBerry, heaven knows I've tried. What are the apps, you ask? eBay app, SquareSpace app, twitter app (well I can get a twitter app on the BlackBerry but it's so much easier browsing through them on a touchscreen) and games are generally more fun on a touchscreen.






I've weighed my options and had a look at prices but being a student, already strapped for cash, I can only dream of owning those phones - the HTC Hero or the Storm 2, that is.

What do you think? Which should I get? Anyone know where I could get any of the two phones quite cheap (student budget), unlocked? Suggestions welcome.