Blackberry-like Experience with Mac Server

I am seriously considering moving to Mac-based mail (specifically Kerio mail) from MS Exchange. I need an answer to the "smart phone" question. This is the only application I think I can't find an alternative to for this switch...
We currently use Blackberrys and the very expensive Blackberry enterprise server. I am willing to consider other smart phones, I'm not married to the BB.
But we need the kind of integrated mail experience of the BB: push mail, read/write/synch mail (reading on the handheld shows read on the server, sent mail is in the server "sent" box, etc.), read attachments (at least .pdf), live calendar synch, etc.
I see Kerio's "mini" browser app, but does that really do it? Don't I have to be in the browser on the phone for this to be useful?
Are there other applications/phones that have the kind of Blackberry experience, with a server based on OS X?
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Not to sound insulting, and I can't speak for anyone else, but it seems like there are far less road warriors using macs, and I gaurantee many of them would be far less likely to use a windows like OS on a mobile phone. I personally have never been happy with any OS on any phone I have owned (samsung, motorola, nokia, etc. ALL ******!), and we have some more "road-warrior" executive types here who have the fatty nextel "windows mobile OS'es" on them and god dang it they are clunky, worse than windows, I coudn't beleive it myself.
Can't wait for apple to come out with a pda or the iphone. Usability is just as important is functionality.
Not trying to flame, but I guess I didn't really offer any alternative's. Oh well.

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