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I've been thinking for a while about getting a new phone. I was considering replacing my Palm IIIc with a Treo, but it looked too expensive to justify. I realised that the feature I really wanted was a decent camera in the phone - I want to be able to take photos for this blog - probably using Flickr. I know that if I buy a separate digital camera that I'll forget to take with me anywhere, plus I can't see I'm going to need all the resolution and features of a separate camera, so a decent camera phone is really two birds with one stone.
So, I googled, and I found this useful MeFi thread. Checking out some of the recommendations from there, I found the best compromise of cost and function looked like the Sony Ericsson K700i.
I got an unlocked one from Ebay for a reasonable price - now I just need to get a SIM and a cable to copy pics to my PC (I'm not so desperate to upload things that they can't wait a few hours). I've had a play with the phone using my wife's SIM, and it looks pretty good - the joystick control is a bit fiddly, but the display is good, and the camera looks fairly easy to use too.
Oh, look, you can get them on Amazon too (yes, I signed up to Associates - I'll post about that too I guess):