[citation][nom]tsnorquist[/nom]No worries. I was just tossing out an idea. I have the mentality that the more stuff you put in something the more that can go wrong (mechanically, electrically, and security).Looking at it from a few different positions, with a simple phone that gets lost you lose your "address book" and your phone. I couldn't imagine losing a smart phone with favorites bookmarked to banking info, various online accounts, confidential pictures, etc.Also, I can only imagine that "sexting" will only get more prevalent down the road which could lead to unnecessary criminal charges with people.I can see with Gtvr & Milktea's point of view there are uses for it, but you still won't convince me that that $30.00 data plan is fair =).[/citation]
Get an old-ish blackberry. Seriously, they are incredible little pieces of hardware. Compared to modern smartphones they are total junk but they have epic battery life and are very rugged.
I used my BB Storm in "talk/text only mode" for over a week (while traveling out of country). I didn't have to charge it. At all. It would have gone longer if I used the desktop manager to strip out all the email/web stuff. Plus, many of them are truly quad-band global, as capable of a phone as you can possibly ask for.