Hot little phone

For the price I can ignore the fact that it has VCAST:

Now nine months later, despite the F9100's lukewarm acceptance, LG has designed another 9000-series QWERTY keypad device; this time named the VX9800. Improving on many of the F9100's shortcomings, the VX9800 promises to be not just a text messaging device, but a complete multimedia package, with an excellent imaging, audio, and connectivity features, making it more widely appealing than just to a small demographic.

[ LG VX9800 Review - Mobiledia ]

N8 has been eyeing this one for a while, but is concerned about the lack of a web browser. It appears that you can load one on the device, but the screen looks tiny to me, and I don't expect the browsing experience to be all that. For texting and IMing, however, this is a hot little phone, and at a good price.