Alternatives to the SPV C600

[Guest mstephenson]

Hey guys, been looking at this site for a bit but only just got round to signing up! Anyways, I've been an avid fan of the SPV range since the e200, and owned them all bar the c550 (not really woth upgrading to that) since then. I tend to use MSN mobile quite a bit, and the joystick style control that is on the SPV C600 seems to malfunction after a few months of use (it becomes very hard to go down on a menu, taking about 5 or 6 goes!). I know i'm probably alone here but I loved the rocker style control of the SPV C500, as it was far better built, and mine never went wrong, despite owning it for twice a long as the other models. Which brings me to my question, are there any Windows Mobile 5.0 smartphones that DO NOT use the joystick style control? I don't necessarily want the rocker control, a kind of pad with 4 directional keys or something similar would be fine-basically anything but the joystick!! Any make is fine, so if you could help me out with this i'd be very gratefull! Thanks in advance, Mike :)

[Guest mutleyboy]

the imate smartflip/qtek 8500 is a flip phone wm5 smartphone, with no joystick i believe

[Guest mstephenson]

the imate smartflip/qtek 8500 is a flip phone wm5 smartphone, with no joystick i believe

Cheers mutleyboy, had a quick look at that handset and it seems pretty good. Not sure if having a flip phone would be better or worse, better lookin but maybe it's a bit annoying having to flip it open all the time lol. Does anyone out there own the smartflip/qtek 8500? Whats it like to use?

[Guest jimbouk]

The Imate SPl also uses a rocker instead of a joystick.

Otherwise, if you were prepared to make the leap from phone to ppc... the various Hermes variants use a rocker - but then you have to move to a slightly bigger device, touchscreen and qwerty instead of phonepad.