2009/11/5 Mark Rogers mark@quarella.co.uk:
I'm looking at Samsung Pixon 12 (camera matters a lot to me) but I've not confirmed that is Linux friendly yet (one reason I haven't upgraded yet). Or maybe Sony Ericsson (same comments about Linux - not really checked yet).
I recently bought a Sony Ericsson c905. I don't know about syncing contacts with a PC (I sync with an on-line cloud service instead), but I do know that accessing both memory stores (internal and the removable fingernail-sized card) over USB works just fine - the phone can either be in Phone mode or Mass Storage mode, and no silly extra drivers are required to make it work.
Tim.