I need to sync, daily, w/o issues, with my Outlook.
Works fine for me under Android for mail and calendar, without going through Gmail.
Well, to be fair, it syncs with Exchange. I use Outlook as little as possible. I try to use Exchange as little as possible, honestly.
It seems some WP7 devices with real, physical qwerty keyboard will be available at some point
There are a variety of Android phones with physical keyboards, both horizontally and vertically aligned. Or do you need one that isn't a slide-away deal? If that's the case, the only one I know of is the Motorola Charm, which is a MOTOBLUR phone, which is to say, Android Jr.