I keep composing LJ posts in my head, but then I never bother to actually write them down. :(

For Winter Holiday, I am getting myself a new phone, as the PalmOS is headed to its grave and I can't get the dang Treo to work with my carrier quite right anymore. I've determined that (A) I like TMobile enough to stay with them, (B) I will not tolerate not having a physical keyboard, and (C) I want an Android phone. Careful consideration has narrowed this down to two candidates, both of the same price. Poking on them for nigh unto an hour in the store has not helped me decide between them. THerefore, I choose the wisdom of crowds. What should I has in my pocketses?

I'm trying to choose between the Google/HTC G1 and Motorola Cliq. If I used a lot of social-networking sites, I think I'd like the Cliq, but I don't, so I don't. The trade-off is simpler: the G1 has more physical buttons and a trackball you can use to scroll screens/items when the keyboard's closed. The Cliq has more app storage space and RAM, which makes it work a lot more snappily. I really like having buttons and other physical objects, because touchscreen scrolling and touch keyboards hate my fatty fingers. I can't decide if the better speed is worth the interface annoyance, although I feel like I'd get used to the latter at some point. There's also some weird questions about OS upgrades that I choose to ignore because it's all speculative anyway.

Opinions? I think I might just pay the stupid $10 restock fee, get a Cliq, and then walk around with it for a week to see what happens.