Hello all,
I'm now the proud owner of an HTC wildfire S thanks to your suggestions. The first day I tried to use it, it was too hard. I went back to my $25 Nokia. When I had some time had another go at the HTC. It's brilliant, I had no idea of the capabilities of these devices.. I'm converted, could not go back to the old machine. Still learning but it's very intuitive, still haven't worked out how to use the torch but that will come.
It's size is perfect, lot smaller than an iphone but probably just as capable at around 1/3 of the cost.
I'm assuming when I use google maps etc it burns through the credit, guess I'll find out...
Thanks so much for all your input.
Cheers
Michael