I have the fascinate. I absolutely love it. Me and my wife have one. There are thousands of free apps and so many ways to customize the phone. The layout of the texts and messaging is great and the screen kicks ass as well. It has a messaging format called swype and it is great. If you want to type something in you just keep your finger on the keyboard and swipe it around. It is very fast and addictive. It will learn new words as you go. You may have to tap it in once but after that is knows the difference between fuck and duck. lol we did a lot of research on phones before getting these and this was the clear choice for us. We get new every two with verizon so we has to make sure we would like them. It takes pretty good pics too. Really happy with the fascinate if you havent figured that out.. lol