hey there! i have the 9800, and cannot wait for the 9900!!!! i want it soooo bad. anyway...im a huge txtr and would not go back from a full qwerty keyboard to old school txting...however the Chocolate is hott lol...personally i would hold off for the 9900 because its gonna be a lil thicker than the original razors...but ur preferance is ur preferance...some specs that i have found out about the 9900 are that it has a 2.0 MP camera and it might be able to open some Office files....i think like Word and such maybe Excell...anyway...there are a whole bunch of different release dates for it floating around....but since the september and october ones have passed...the newest ones are november 9, 17, or the 20....so if you can hold out....im sure the fone will be out before Thanksgiving...and it will def have to be out by Christmas because Verizon wouldn't want to lose all that business becuase phones are becoming the hot things to get for Christmas...well i hope this helps.....