Am I a good candidate for the iPhone?

In April, I will be out of contract with Sprint. I currently have a Palm Centro and I use the **** out of certain features. The only thing I'm not loving about the iPhone is the lack of hard keyboard, but I've played with the iPhone enough to know that it won't be a huge problem. The important things to me are:
*Internet Radio (I use Pocket Tunes Deluxe on my Centro)
*Calender
*Alarm Clock (I need at least 3 alarms)
*Memo
*A built in phone number/address/reverse lookup app (like TryDA for palm)
*A weather/traffic/theater showtimes, etc. app
*Push email from Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, etc.
I know I can do some of these things in Safari, but having a shortcut is great. I've become spoiled to how customized my Centro is for ME, and I'd just like to know I'll be getting the same out of the iPhone. Also, how fast are 3G speeds compared with EDGE speeds? I've become spoiled to how fast EV-DO is on Sprint and ATT's coverage map shows my house in an EDGE location. If it's too slow, I'm just going to hold out until ATT has a bigger 3G footprint.

Here are the answers to your questions:
1-There are plenty of internet radio apps in the appstore and they are all free (that I know of, I currently have 5 different ones downloaded)
2-There is a calendar on the iPhone and you can also sync it with MobileME (Apple's internet program that will sync data between your computer, phone, internet) and Outlook.
3-I don't know what the max cap on Alarms are, but I've set 6 alarms for a day at one point.
4-There is a notepad application (plus many more in the appstore)
5-There are apps available from the appstore that will allow you to search contacts, etc.
6-There is a default weather app that is included in the iPhone, and there are more available in the appstore. I believe there are also traffic apps as well. There are apps for movie theaters and all the info you'll need.
7-There is push email from Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, Exchange Server (2003 and higher), and you can put in others, but it depends on whether they will support them or not. I do know that for Hotmail you have to purchase an app from the appstore which is $9.99.
8-You can create shortcuts for specific webpages that will be on your "desktop" of the iphone.
9-The 3G speeds are 3 times faster or more than Edge speeds. I switch between using Edge and 3G because of coverage (*You have to make sure that 3G is in your area otherwise you'll only have access to Edge*). You can check to see AT&T's 3G coverage area by clicking the link below, you'll see the View 3G/Mobile Broadband coverage link at the bottom right.
http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/
Also, the iPhone doesn't have MMS, so you have to use the email as a workaround. People can send the pictures, videos, sounds, etc to your email address from their phone, and you can send pictures through email to their phone as an MMS message.

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