Huawei Fusion U8652

The AT&T Fusion GoPhone is an attractive, compact handset for a decent price. It features an unadorned Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and has Swype.

Unfortunately, the Fusion has a smallish screen, a dull camera, and a slow processor. It lacks pinch-to-zoom support and a proximity sensor.

The AT&T Fusion is fine if you're a patient soul who doesn't expect much in a handset but wants to make the jump to Android. For everyone else, I suggest you move on.

Running GrooveIP and AutoAP to call via wireless whenever possible. My phone bill has gone down to about a third what it used to be on a contract. It's my first smartphone and I am very happy with it so far.

Knocked off a point for all the useless bloatware. Had to learn to root the phone and install a custom ROM to be rid of 90% of it but it runs well now.