Audiovox SMT 5600 / SPV C500 (HTC Typhoon)

I had this phone when I briefly tried Cingular and it was the best phone I've used...I never had a use for the keyboard with a smartphone because I only used it to read data not enter data and because of that this phone was small yet could still suit my needs for a smart phone perfectly. I'm hoping that someone might know if Verizon is ever going to come out with something like this (or this exact phone?) for their network?