I didn't intend to sing their praises, I'm sure the daily user experience would be quite similar with any qwerty android-based device, except that I would probably have better battery life and might have a chance of getting updated past 2.1...the phone was cheap and did nextG.

The only good thing about having a sony phone is that they make decent in-line remotes for their headphones and the cameras are pretty sweet. Their build quality is crap, they generally break just out of warranty and the ongoing software updates are on a when they feel like it basis....also no community support.