Radio

I dislike the Arduino platform for one main reason - its focus on for loops with delays. I understand that the Atmel chips can work primarily on interrupts and in lower power, but the MSP430 Launchpad from TI is really focused on low power. Its not a board for beginner programmers (though EasyMSP may help that). Why low power? I know not every board wants or needs this, but radio in my opinion is where it is at - building something and then having it having no connectivity is just plain weird. Every single project I think of, I want to have it being monitored. I have yet to find the perfect radio kit - I think I'll want a sensor net of RF2500's (as they are cheap boards - around $US2) - they have a range of 30-50 metres and something like an RFM22B ($US13, SPI) or Doji ($NZ30, UART) board for longer range. And there is always RFID for ultra short ranges (<20cm).