What to "upgrade" to?

Background: I got my Eternity when adding a line to our family plan. Using that third line as an alternative "public" number, like a home phone. Our two personal lines are just for us, family, and friends. Our two old phones are LG Shines... glitzy phones and work OK, but lack in ability to sync, and now that I've discovered mobile data and the Eternity, there's no going back. We're ready to upgrade using our main two lines.

However... I just want an Eternity whose POP email works both ways (not just to send), and that has voice recognition dialing built-in so I can make calls in the car using only my bluetooth headset. My thumbs are pretty big, so a keyboard would be nice, but isn't a must. Not willing to pay for a Blackberry plan to get those things (which would also mean giving up the beautiful screen and smaller size).

My wife doesn't care to pay for data for hers, and only wants a QWERTY. She's still not figured out T9; and only uses her phone to talk and text.

What would you all pick?  I have to get at least one, because one of our Shines got dropped down the stairs... and while getting one, might as well use the upgrade on the other.

Been wondering about the Mythic, and have just finished the Moto Backflip thread... that would be nice, but for the smartphone data plan requirement.

The virtual keyboard works fine sometimes, but at others just positively gives me fits.

/rant I can't believe how many phones require the $20 data/messaging feature now.  It's ridiculous. /rant end

Thanks...

Doesn't it have a built-in client like ours (but which works for receiving as well) that can be "unlocked" using the master key?

There's not much info to be had on the Mythic site. IIRC, the master key is even the same.

I'm talking about the built-in native email client that can be enabled in the Eternity using the master key, not the AT&T Mobile Email app... that blows goats, as Wayne & Garth would say.

I have configured my Eternity to send emails via my small ISP's POP email server using the built in email client, but as we all know, it can't receive - throws an unkown error immediately when you tell it to check for new mail.  I have searched, but not found out whether the Mythic has this built-in capability working in full duplex, or whether it's been stripped out.

I'm making a trip to the AT&T store to play with phones tomorrow... I'll just investigate for myself. *tee hee*

360x640 is awesome, until you figure out you cannot run music Id.