I spent some time looking at the same issue. I cannot do my upgrade from my 8330 until February, so I have been much more thorough than is my wont. That is fortunate since the new Tour II will be coming to the Verizon line up shortly. It has WiFi and a much better system than the track ball. it also has a much large screen and a lot more internal memory. All in all, it will be a much better unit. I plan to get mine as soon as I can upgrade. The Curve II looks to me like a good entry level phone, but if you are looking for something that will not need upgrading for a long time the Tour II looks much better to me.