Thanks. Reloaded seems stable, and (so far) Strike seems the best of the upgrades. ICS is what I was looking for in the beginning. I hope it is stable enough to be usable. The other custom ROMs I tried all had issues, especially the Evervolv releases. At least for these 2 releases both the keyboard and the phone work. It was not so with the other releases.
BTW, neither Reloaded nor Strike connect to my PC as a storage device. That is, I can't see the SD card. Is this normal? I thought I had various connect choices, such as connect to charge only, connect as a storage device, etc. Am I missing something? I currently have Strike loaded (ICS).