hm...a smart with qwerty keyboard ...since 2009...

Motorolla-
Photon Q 4G LTE,
Droid 5,
Droid 4,
Droid Pro,
Flipside

Samsung-
Captivate Glide,
Galaxy Pro,
ATIV Q (convert-tablet-esque beastly gutsy b-tard, no gps tho),
Stratosphere I405 4G,

Sony-
Xperia Pro

Blackberry-
Bold 9930 / Bold 9900 ,
q10

LG-
Enact,
Mach,
Optimus F3Q,
Xpression C395

HTC-
Desire Z,
hd2 (old ..but epic for it's hackability ..the galaxy pro being another with such promise..)

Dell-
Venue Pro


there are a few "possibles" ...
There aren't a ton of qwerty keyboard smarts out there anymore...being produced anyhow...making the hunt pretty easy....
actually digging and seeing how they stack up against what is needed is another matter.
Some here would admirably run linux...some may not be suitable...research is required..
But I think throwing every qwerty-keyboarded unit into the fire of scrutiny is a good idea...

I'm sure I'm missing some...
anyone comes up with a new one for interrogation...
toss it in this thread for scrutiny...

but running x ...welly-well-well...that is another matter.
Frankly ..I suggest getting an n800, n810 or possibly an n900...
I hear they do x purdy good. (or wait for the neo..or get the whole nxx0 set now with boxtops from your favourite breakfast cereal! don't delay!...send in today!....)

So we got a list...
and so now...
by educated (I'm assuming everyone in our forum is pretty much that)
and illuminated peoples of learning such as we... account ourselves ...
let's tear them apart ...
one by one...
which ones are not suitable...
and which ones make the required grade...(if by a hair ...or by leaps and bounds)...
and throw in..brief explanations why "_ _ _ _" is a good choice...
and we can as an informed group ..
vote and..
separate wheat from chaff...
and get a short-short list of viables.