[gTen]

In terms of raw specs, the Fascinate has the best specs by a decent margin, though it is preloaded with Bing and Verizon crap..and since it just came out may take a bit for customizations.

In terms of easiest to update, most likely the Incredible as it is pretty much a Nexus One...while it may not get official upgrades it will probably easily get them from the community.

I do suggest visiting a Verizon store and trying to type on both the on screens and the keyboard phone...cause if you say you text message a lot and onscreen keyboards don't work out it could be an issue in itself.

The Droid X may be the easiest to type on with an onscreen keyboard just from the sheer size...

Judging from your situation I would wait to make your decision till your willing to buy right that moment as in a month or 2 the Droid Incredible HD may come out...there is also a rumor of the HTC phone with a 1.2ghz, a keyboard (4 row unfortunately), 4inch screen and a world phone...And if not in that time Fascinate and Droid 2 will have more development in them to have a better judgement of the 2 devices.