If you’re picking out a new phone, you usually have only two camps to choose from. Do you want that expensive smartphone, with its tons of apps and proprietary software, or that cheap dumbphone — a handset that does calls and texts but sucks deeply at anything beyond that. That’s why we’re a little relieved to see these two new handsets, the INQ Chat 3G (with a QWERTY keyboard) and the INQ Mini 3G candybar.

The two phones promise to bring “mobile Internet to the mass market.” Considering INQ’s first handset beat out the BlackBerry Storm and Google Phone to win Best Mobile Handset last year, they might have a decent shot of actually doing that.

Each includes a native Twitter application that INQ developed with Twitter. You also get one-click apps for Facebook, Skype, IM, not to mention push Gmail. Of course, they both sync music and videos from your PC or Mac, but they won’t tell you how — special software lets you use whatever media player you want. Both handsets can get new apps over the network, plus they also do tethering. Internal memory is light but expandable to 4GB. The Chat also includes GPS and that keyboard — which felt even more finger-friendly than a BlackBerry during a hands-on with some preproduction models last week.

Sound too good to be true? They are — INQ’s handsets won’t available in the U.S., though the company has plans to expand here in 2010. In the meantime they’ll be in Europe starting in the fall. No pricing yet, but word is they’ll be in on the “value” side. See the full press release after the jump.

Via INQ