Dear CES - Here's What I Want.

My office and my home have wifi networks and my job requires zero travel. My wife and I travel only a few times per year and we're fairly good at planning those trips. I don't need e-mail on my phone, but I would love a device that had a reasonable camera, reasonable phone clarity, no extra data plan, and great media capability.

I used to use a Palm Pilot (Sony Clie after the original Palm became obsolete) and that was the first device to get my ADD-riddled brain a little organized. I have had a cell phone ever since my first job on the road. When my wife had to drive a decent distance to work, I preferred that she have one, too. We primarily call each other and our moms.

Our current cell phone bill is less than $70 for two phones/lines with 250 text messages included on the Verizon network. I can't justify the extra $30/month (more expensive than our DSL bill) for mobile data on a phone. However, Verizon requires a data plan with their smart phones, despite the fact that most or all of them have wifi connectivity as well. This takes the Droid or Droid Eris off the table for me. Nexus One, too.

The other primary option is the iPod Touch. The setbacks here are the lack of a camera, a 64 GB high-end option for $399 (!), and iTunes. I've done battle with iTunes on Windows before and I could live with it, but it wouldn't make me happy. I am interested in the Apple apps, but I have a tendency to be a little compulsive with the micro payments.

I've done a little research on the Archos media players, too, but they don't fit nicely into a pocket, they are still a little new to wifi (and now Android), and the GPS function is reported to be a little sketchy. Also, there's no camera and I'm not sure if there's a microphone input for Skype or the like. The PVR option with HDMI connections (record HD shows and watch them on the device or on my HD television) is neat and would definitely come in handy on the road, but it doesn't solve the portability problem.

In summary, I'd like a smart phone that can make calls on the Verizon 3G network, runs the Android OS, supports wifi for data connections, has a 5 MP camera (with a flash of some sort), 100 GB of solid state memory, a processor and GPU that can push streaming video smoothly, support for the majority of audio and video formats, and it should be a little smaller than an iPhone.

p.s. Verizon - lay off the data plan and you get my money sooner than later.