Good on them for making that choice here, but I'm not giving them too much credit since I have a LG Android phone which has "Facebook for LG" and some stupid LG "App Advisor" thing, neither of which I can uninstall until I get around to rooting the phone. A little more consistency in their corporate policies might be a good move.
Except HTC Sense is actually usable and the apps HTC ships are useful. Peep, for example, is a great Twitter client for casual users and, unlike TweetDeck, is tightly integrated with People.
I picked up the LG Optimus 7 phone last week and really am impressed with it. The screen is just the right size - I almost feel it is too big but it sits comfortably in the hand. A 4" screen would be too much.
The LG apps they added actually do feel useful - I haven't tried the voice-to-SMS thing yet but the "play-to" app is great fun. The scansearch feels like it could be useful when travelling but so far I haven't had any need for it.
Oh, and the voice quality is better than any phone I've had before including the BlackBerry Bold and Storm. (oh, and it is superior in everyway to my old LG Chocolate - though that isn't saying much.)
