syncronizing w/google online, location and reasonable expectation of privacy

[gootgolly]

I cannot bring myself to syncing all google requires to check out the "market"

I despise several things about this unit and am sure they can easily be fixed

Onscreen keyboard
Sms functionality
Comtacts fumctionality
Very slow as phone
No tabbed browser

I dont think I will allow my contacts to be stored via google, that seems almost like trusting the whole world with private info, will this phone not be as stellar for such a non-conformist?

Are there any great sites that have free apps? Non-free and other than the google experience?

Any opinions regarding the privacy issue?