Smart phone recommendations?

[coldplugs]

I've decided to stop lugging a laptop while traveling, since I use it primarily for e-mail anyway. So - I'm planning to get a cell phone that has strong e-mail capability with a decent keyboard. It needs to work in the US, Canada, and Western Europe, and needs to handle several e-mail accounts. I need to be able to view pdf and plain text attachments at a minimum. Some web (browser) capability would be good.

I'd like it to be as small as possible. A camera is a nice-to-have. Music, video, and instant messaging are unnecessary.

Our cell phone service vendor limits us as to suppliers, so I'm pretty much looking at a Palm Treo vs a Blackberry Pearl. I figure either will work. I'm leaning towards the Blackberry because of the e-mail emphasis but am concerned about the "modified" QWERTY keyboard.

Does anyone have either of these or has anyone tried both? Are they usable as browsers? Any problems with multiple e-mail accounts?

(Oh, and it needs to be a phone, too)

Thanks.

 

[drooartz]

I had a Treo 700p for a few months this summer. Bought it in June, just sold it a few weeks ago. The Palm OS bits worked fine, though I never used the internet bits -- I work on a computer all day, so no need to deal with email on a small screen.

It was a bit too heavy and bulky for me, so it didn't work out. Never wanted to carry it around, so it sort of defeated the purpose.

 

[Basil]

I have a Palm 700w but if I had it to do over again, I'd probably go with teh Blackberry.. The one thing the Plam lets me do, albiet slowly, is to visit the forum and keep tabs on things when I'm traveling, etc. But for pure email, I think the Blackberry beats the Palm hands down.

 

[coldplugs]

That's the sort of info I was looking for. Thanks.

 

[TRDejaVu]

I recently got a Blackberry Curve for business purposes and have been very happy with it.