I have the bold its fucking gnarly, my mum was going to pick up the bold 2 but went for a sony erikson instead, my understanding is that the bold 2 is just better spec and its more or less the same as a bold, on that understanding i would highly recomend it!
I was in a rush & at least it wasn't my laptop. I'll probably get another one,i don't want a phone with internet or email because it will just draw me to work & people love playing with my phones.