I have a SamSung e900 It's small and very durable. It's basically exactly the same as an LG Chocolate but with a trusted brand name and without a shit title. The LG is cheaper but "Chocolate" is just the most dumb name for a phone ever. But they are just the same phones, see what deal you can get on either mate is my advice.
Since you are a Verizon-ee why don't you get the "Q". It seems like a pretty neat smartphone with alot of unique web friendly features.
Sony Ericsson is great I haven't researched about the new ones that came out, But i did used a P900 it was really good.
get Razor ... but be very careful ... it breaks easily ... but it looks good. other than that .. i love Treo ... a PDA and phone ... just about everything you need
sony erricson best song qualities and photo qualities .... some motorola phones are also cool. ... but i will defiantly suggest to avoid nokia .. i had a really bad experience with my Nokia7710 .. and more over their customer care officers are extremely lazy and ignorant about their work ... (This is a case in india i am not sure about global services)
Ah the good old Nokia Those phones were legendary. You could drive over them in a car and they would still work LOL.
I got a chance to mess around with the iphone yesterday, I change my vote from the razr. That thing is awesome but pricey! Don't think it works with verizon though.
Atm I have nokia e70, and it's GREAT...I even have putty in it And then the real oldie but goldie...maybe the hardest to break celly ever (my friend tried to break it...he did everything he could...finally he stroke scissors through it...and the phone kept on working...nokia 1611 Dimensions: 160 x 58 x 28 mm Weight: 250 g (with a Slim battery)
I have a razr, and between the fact that the buttons are essentially flush on the phone and it takes for ever to turn on, it is a bit frustrating.