The Treo 600 for Verizon Wireless is getting close to what I want in a 'perfect' phone. My current phone is nice, but the organizer/alarm/non-phone features aren't as good as I would like them to be.
I'm not convinced on the tiny qwerty keyboard, though (I think I would prefer stylus-only input - or maybe stylus and a standard phone keypad).
It's expensive, though, so I won't be purchasing it (at least not for a while).
I have a visor edge, which is very nice, but I don't often carry it with me (which kind of defeats the purpose). I just don't want 1,000,000 electronic devices hanging from my belt. Having a treo would fix that, of course (since I always cary my phone with me).
Enough rambling about geek toys for now.
Considered one-hand Dvorak keypad as alternative to QWERTY?
I'm not aware of a palmOS+CDMA phone that has a dvork keypad ...
I don't think the layout of a tiny keyboard matters all that much since you can only really use two thumbs to type.
Dvorak optimizes keyboard for use with a given language and (most often) a set of human hands. Because the language won't change with the input "device" (2 hands, one hand, 2 thumbs, etc.) it can be optimized for each. Layouts optimized for amputees (left-hand or right-hand) are commonly available. I does make a difference, even hunting-and-pecking. Things are logically arranged, common letter combinations are near each other. Even with just thumbs, I'd expect a noticable improvement over a QWERTY layout.
Dvorak layouts minimize the travel necessary to type.
ie. Commonly clustered letters are clustered on the keyboard.
However, the only studies indicating that this is actually more efficient for typing were conducted by Dvorak himself.
My point was really just that for a palmOS device, I would rather use the stylus as my input device than any kind of tiny keyboard.