i currently am in a verizon contract, is it worth to buy an expensive phone retail...

[Justin]

...price? i had recently switched to a palm Centro because that was a back up of my friends and he didn't want it so he let me have it. im not to sure if i like it and i don't want to go back to my enV touch. im thinking about getting the HTC touch pro 2 or the new blackberry curve. the blackberry curve is around $360 and the HTC touch pro 2 is around $480. since im in a contract id have to buy from the retail price. i have about $550 right now. and i would have to go to the $30 a month for the data plan. so i just want to know if in your opinion its actually worth it. thank you