you CAN use the app or browser, but all i have to do is go to people, click on the contact, and on the bottom, slide over to the photos icon, and all their facebook and flickr albums show up in a list.
I remember the texting feature on my g1 was awesome, it kind of kept it like an instant message type box, where it would keep each persons chat log in a seperate window instead of all messages cluttering my inbox, I can't remember exactly what they call it but i loved it.
Do all these phones have texting like that? If not then that might be the breaker for me, since i'm heavy on it.