The E7 is a neat package. But Symbian obviously is a dead end - also the pyromaniac Elop put it on fire and it's offshore with no hope of rescue and still fully manned, all kinds of nasty stuff going on. I'd stay away.

Lately, analytics think Windows 7 and Android are going to be the big two, somehow. Don't know how they figured that out. Anyway, if you want your Farmwille success, you have to go in early. If you want to catch it while it's still young you have to go for Windows 7, cause that sure hasn't reached Android's popularity. Yet?

Personally, having no such delusions of making a code sniplet of financial win, I would not touch ZunePhone with a hot stick. I'd rather have an end-of-cycle Maemo, MeeGo, Android, or even Windows Mobile phone than a Windows Phone phone, at this place in time.

I'd go with Android. Infact, I already did. Since Android is so inferior compared to Maemo, I went with cheap, though. I have a ZTE Blade (aka Orange San Francisco, aka T-Mobile Blade) which has some decent reviews. Bang for bucks and all that. Zyanogenmod Gingerbread. It's pretty Meh.

From your options, I'd say that the Galaxy S is the only one I'd expect to be able to keep my disgruntledness on an acceptable level. But I don't know anything about the Palm Pre, so maybe I'd take a look at that, just to be different.