if you like your current keyboard, the suretype, just go with the pearl. I had a 7100i and loved the suretype, but I love the real keyboard of the 8330 much more, so maybe you should try it. BTW, if you like having Nextel and it gives you good service, you could wait and get the 8350 that's coming out (basically the curve for Nextel). The only thing that stinks is that it uses Nextel's data network, which is slow compared to Sprint's, but it has wi-fi built in, though.