Ok, I am also having the same problem with what phone to chose. I personaly think the rumor is overrated. I don't think that if you like to text a lot that a touchscreen phone like the instinct would be good. My friend had the lotus and it broke two times. So that leaves the rant and the HTC Touch Pro. I think that the HTC would be good for texting, but it's not that cute. So I think that in your posistion the rant would be the best phone to chose. It has a QWERTY keyboard and it's really cute! Hope that helped!