Planet Geek!: Picker / Selector for GSM phones?

So I'm getting ready to make the jump away from Verizon, and it looks like we're going to be going with a GSM-based provider. I'd like to see a picker / selector for GSM phones that lets me pick phones based on criteria.

Anyone know of such a beast?

My baseline criteria is:

• Does not run a Microsoft OS
• Is not an iPhone
• Is not a PalmOS Treo.
• Has a full Bluetooth stack - including A2DP, various HID profiles, etc
• I'd prefer a full keyboard, but I can wiggle on that
• Music support, with open formats (I can put my own MP3's on it)
• Very good Bluetooth 'modem' capability. Want to use it as a data gateway for my laptop
• At least a few games. The only game I really play on my Treo anymore is Sudoku. I think that may be a dead requirement on any replacement device.

My current top contender is the Nokia N95-3 (the North American version). Pricing is down to about $300 (the -3 is a slightly 'older' version, but has a removable Micro-SD slot - pretty good for loading music and other stuff on it), but I want to make sure I'm not missing out on something. (Oddly, I can't find that price on Amazon now. I'll keep looking).

One possibility is going with a fairly cheap, capable Bluetooth enabled handset now - no music, games, etc, but able to function as a phone and a GSM modem, and look toward an Android based solution in the next 6 months.

Pointers?

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I'm sure folks have been hearing rumors and the like, but here's the official scuttlebutt.

Before I left for camping last week, I accepted a new full time position as a senior developer at LiveWire Mobile in Littleton, MA.

This is an honest to god, 9-5, in a cube/office, work with real people job, doing some high availability Java design and implementation (as well as maintaining a bunch of Perl code).

It's the first Real job I've had since 2003.

I'm nervous, excited, and a little off-kilter about the whole thing, but I know it's the right decision, and I'm ready to get started. My current contract-folks have been notified, we're all set for me starting in Littleton on August 4th.

Life moves along...