I use a Blackberry Curve for my primary phone. I have a BB 8830 World Edition.
I like the curve for what I use it for. Email, internet, phone. The speakerphone works very well for me. Email support is just as good. I installed Google Maps on it for navigation. My Curve has Wifi ability so it can latch on to wireless access points in areas that don't have good cell reception. It works pretty well. It works much better if I'm I'm able to use Quality Of Service (QOS) settings to give it's traffic priority on the wireless network.
The downsides to the Curve are it's small keys and screen. But I liked the size of it so it's a trade-off. It's rugged as well.
The 8830 is very different from my Curve. Larger screen therefore larger icons and text. The buttons are also larger. They both have Qwerty keyboards but the curve's smaller size means the buttons are tiny. The 8830 has decent sized buttons. The 8830 does not have wifi connectivity but does use the Verizon CDMA 3G network when it's available. Otherwise it drops back to whatever access it has. Speakerphone and such on the 8830 is just as good as the curve.
I'm like you. I don't play games. I don't really listen to music on them. I have an SD Card in my Curve but rarely use it for more than transporting data between pc's.
Since they're BB's they both sync with your computer. They each come with BB's own application to back them up to your pc. I haven't used one with outlook as I use Gmail for all my email. I use Google Sync on my Curve to update my Gcalendar online with my phone. They're always in sync with each other. That way I can update my phone calendar in the car and it's on the web calendar instantly. That or I can update my web calendar at the pc and I know it will be on my phone, sending me reminders not matter where I am.
I think a Blackberry is for you. If you don't mind the size of the 8830 and don't need the wifi ability I'd get that model.
