Kind of a bummer. I can't believe the Ally doesn't get more support. One of the best physical keyboards available right now. I don't care how good touch screen technology gets, I will always like physical keys for messaging.
I agree with the comments above that the Vortex looks like a cheap toy. People hated on the Ally's looks when it first came out, but these newer LG phones look even chunkier and less appealing.
Hopefully the user community keeps supporting the Ally with ROMs and such. It's a really good phone, I'm disappointed in the support it has gotten from Verizon and LG.
I used to want to shoot myself with how often the LG Ally Iron Man commercials were on TV. They hyped this thing like crazy and then abandoned it.
Maybe sticking with the officially branded "DROID" phones like the Motos and HTCs would have been smarter.