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hmmm. I would say try to stick it out. I've come from an old school phone. LoL and by that I mean a Non-OS phone. (the sanyo M1)
This WM device is a totally new world for me. But knowing that the possibilities are almost limitless is the reason I am toughing it out. With a forum like this and the people here willing and eager to help you makes the problems easy to fix.
Whether its just a simple reg edit or cab install, or if you go far enough to install a custom ROM. You can pretty much fix the phone in anyway to get it working. Just do a little research and try to learn the device.
I wish ya luck man, but sooner or later PDA style phones is gonna be the standard.