I have decided to go with t-mobile. But I have not picked out a phone yet. Part of me wants to get an Android Samsung Galaxy, pay all that money for a new phone and hope I used to the new os. My second thought was to get a rose Behold and I practically already know the phone. My questions to the experts are these.....
1. Can I get the same apps on the Behold that I have on my Impression? Namely MusicID-A, and Google Maps.
2. Can I tether?
The rest I can figure out. The behold site is horrible. I've been on there for hours and can't find a straight answer or good directions. I was able to get my tethering up and running with the first try using the guides here. And I downloaded almost all of my games using rumkin. I trust you guys to help. If I can't tether, then I can't stand to hang out at my boyfriends house that does not have internet. So I might as well get an Android phone. So thanks ahead of time. Looking forward to your thoughts.
If you're willing to pay for a data plan, I would go for a smart phone. You will know the phone better if you get a similar one with the same OS, but won't it get kind of boring quicker if you have less to figure out/explore? Also, android has a pretty big community (from what I've seen so far).
I'm pretty sure that there are apps that can allow you to tether an android phone (On android 2.2 I think it's even built in, it makes a wifi network with your 3g connection). If you can't find any in the market, I'm sure there are some if you root your phone.
Definitely look up whatever phones you are thinking of purchasing. You can look for forums for whatever phone you think you might get. For example, you can google "<phone name here> forums" or "<phone name here> reviews"