Mobile device\SmartPhone call it what you like....

... at the I think we are spoilt for choice for Smartphones & media devices that allow all sorts of things that a few years ago we would have thought impossible, thus making a descision as to which one to choose is proving extremely difficult...

First up is the RIM Blackberry Curve 8310. I've got one of these through my UK contract with Vodafone. First impressions weren't that good, but I am growing to like it now. With a bright 320x240 screen, quad band phone, Bluetooth 2, GPS, browser, push based e-mail, 2 megapixel camera, media player and a whole host of other things I haven't played with yet, it's not short on features - maybe too many? Fairly intuitive to pick up how to do things email & alerts are coming through thick & fast & fairly convenient to deal with on the move. I can't help feeling though at something else might be better.........

Second in line is the Nokia E61 Smartphone. I've been a Nokia mobile user for 12+ years, I've stuck with them, even when I got some freebie Motorola piece of crap. Haven't seen this in the flesh yet, but I can't imagine that Nokia would get this new bit of kit wrong.

I'm off to read a few reviews, more later......







Third is the Apple iPhone. I've seen one & liked it a lot, I'm a big fan of Apple iPods & this follows as a great looking & performing device. It appears to have everything you could ever need 320 x 480 screen, 2.0 megapixel camera, iPlayer, quad band phone, Bluetooth 2 & Wi-Fi to name but a few features. It's very cool to operate with the screen scrolling & auto rotate images etc.. It's just all the crap that comes with it contract wise in the UK, if you want one now, you have to sign up to O2. You can buy an unlocked one from the US, but not all the features work. So Apple, why not just sell unlocked handsets to whoever wants to buy one for £300? You would sell a whole lot more than you are now.

And lastly the DataWind PocketSurfer 2, not so much of a phone, more of a browser. No camera, no phone, just real 640 wide (free?) browsing. It comes with 20 hours browsing per month for the first year included in the purchase cost. "Unlimited" browsing can be gained for an extra £5.99 per month. Second year costs are £39.99 for the year. I like the idea of this for using when I'm on the train or travelling, as I have web based email client I could stay in touch quite easily, apparently the device uses some smart software to proxy & cache all your pages, making it super quick. All yours for £179.99 from eXpansys.com