What would you recommend for someone like me? Blackberry Curve 8900 or Apple iPhone 3G 8GB?

I have AT&T Wireless service. My contract has expired, so AT&T is offering me a new phone almost for free if I renew my contract for 2 years. (Sidenote: I would prefer to stay with AT&T than switch carriers).

I would prefer a phone that allows me to IM through gChat (ie. Gmail)… I don’t use Yahoo or AIM much.

Does the Blackberry Curve 8900 allow gChat? Does the iPhone allow gChat?

The Blackberry isn’t 3G… how much of a difference would that be for me? (I live in Binghamton NY).

Also, having a good GPS/mapping system is also important to me… would the Blackberry Curve 8900 be able to offer me that?

The Blackberry seems to have a better camera than the iPhone (3.2 megapixals vs. 2 megapixals).

The Blackberry also seems to have a better battery life, too.

I’ve also read somewhere that the iPhone is big on applications, but doesn’t sometimes hold up on basic phone features. How would this affect me?… I mean do iPhone users do have problems with their iPhone relative to making a call and stuff like that.

PS: It seems to me to go with the Blackberry Curve, but I just wanted some outside opinions to better help me make my decision.

Thanks!!!

–Blue

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Blackberry curve 8330 or 8830 by black berry(sprint)?

what one should i get?also im getting the simply everything plan for 99$&&do i have to pay extra for a data plan or is that included in that plan? here are some key things i liked:
blackberry curve
# Music capable
# Sprint TV®
# GPS Navigation enabled
# Web browsing capable
# Email capable
# Camera
# Bluetooth Wireless
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# Voice activated dialing
#keyboard
#track ball thingy
8830 by blackberry
# Music capable
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also the red or titanium one?

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1. The internal GPS. I do not subscribe to the VZ Nav feature, and do not want to pay. I did set my GPS from "911 only" to "locate on" under the options – advanced setting. But the apps that I have found and downloaded (GPSed, GPS Tracker) do not recognize the GPS. The Blackberry Maps app does, and will track distance and speed,

2. Any good GPS routing apps that will work. GPSed and GPS Tracker do not seem to find the GPS. Blackberry Maps does, but only records speed and total distance, not a route to save. I am looking for something like MapMyRide, but free or a one time fee.

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