Cell phone and plan upgarde...wireless thoughts?

I've been with Verizon for years, and just this year upgraded to my first smart phone, a Samsung Omnia.  It runs Windows Mobile (which was OK with me as I've had a few WinMo PDAs before).  It can access the net through either broadband or WiFi.

I thought about Blackberry, but my company requires partner approval to get mail pushed to a BB, and doesn't require any approval to push to WinMo--I think it syncs through Outlook Web Access if your company is using MS Exchange, not sure how it would work for other services.  But it was also very easy to set up to pull my personal email via POP3.

I love having email & internet on the phone, it's incredibly convenient.

Couple of drawbacks:

1.  Omnia seems to have really crappy battery life, even compared to other touchscreen smart phones.  Pretty much needs to be charged every night, and I don't talk on it all that much.

2.  Verizon requires a data plan with the phone, $30 above your voice plan.  You can't opt out of the broadband service and just use phone & WiFi.

3.  Omnia (and other smart phones) have GPS, but Verizon has chosen to deny access to third party apps like Google Maps.  If you want navigation features, you have to subscribe to their VZNavigator services, which is OK but costs $10/mo.  Google Maps works on the phone (and I love having the real-time traffic status), just won't show you your present location or do turn-by-turn directions.

There's supposedly an updated ROM in the works (may be mythical) that may fix #1 and #3.  And #2 is totally worth it, in my opinion.