Coming back to Windows Mobile

[Guest ZeroK66]

Hi Guys,

I went through every generation of SPV till my 5000 and I packed it in then. I got an iPhone and never looked back.

The novelty is wearing off, it is still the best phone I have ever owned, but I do need to flog it before the new one comes out and get a device that works with Exchange well.

The HTC Touch Cruize looks great... although maybe not the best for mobile email.

What do I want?

3G

GPS

Small

Decent Battery Life

I am open to any network as I have had enough of Orange and wish to dump them at long last. I would appreciate a summary of devices available that seem to rank highly in reviews - or link to a site that has reviews I can traul through :D

Cheers,

[Guest Techy]

Hi, and a potential welcome back to the Windows boat :D

It aint exactly small, but I use an HTC TyTN II - And it works a charm with my job.

I do alot of world tours with bands and need a phone that can substitute my laptop on the move, as I do alot of e-mails, conf calls and also alot of blogging. And to kill time while they guys are on stage ... web browse. Like I said it isn't 'small' but it is a powerhouse. My advice is STAY AWAY from the orange model as they take the GPS away and try make you buy their own.

I swear by it, and intend to dump Orange when my contract ends and move to 3 - For a service called '3 Like Home' ... makes it cheaper.

GPS/HSDPA/Wi-Fi/3mp Cam/Full Internet/Instant Message and a whole lot of apps you will never use but is nice to know you can :(

[Guest ZeroK66]

Hi, and a potential welcome back to the Windows boat :D

It aint exactly small, but I use an HTC TyTN II - And it works a charm with my job.

I do alot of world tours with bands and need a phone that can substitute my laptop on the move, as I do alot of e-mails, conf calls and also alot of blogging. And to kill time while they guys are on stage ... web browse. Like I said it isn't 'small' but it is a powerhouse. My advice is STAY AWAY from the orange model as they take the GPS away and try make you buy their own.

I swear by it, and intend to dump Orange when my contract ends and move to 3 - For a service called '3 Like Home' ... makes it cheaper.

GPS/HSDPA/Wi-Fi/3mp Cam/Full Internet/Instant Message and a whole lot of apps you will never use but is nice to know you can :(

Thanks Techy... but had the Tytn and hated it. With each generation things seemed to get worse, tytn was the last windows mobile phone I had... couldnt stand it, upgraded to mobile 6 and it was better in some areas and worse in others so packed it in. *sigh*

What I really want is a solid reliable WM6pro unit that has a browser that actually works. Having been spoilt by the apple browser I would go absolutely mad with WM6 IE... it is fecking horrid.

My boss who has owned every variant of WM device keeps going back to his Palm... I see they have just released the 500 which looks really cool. No GPS though :(

Edited March 10, 2008 by ZeroK66

[Guest ZeroK66]

It is a no brainer. The Samsung i780 is a winner all round. On backorder now with Orange, although I may still ditch them in preference of another provider.

Cheers,

[Guest spacerace]

I went through every generation of SPV till my 5000 and I packed it in then. I got an iPhone and never looked back.

The novelty is wearing off, it is still the best phone I have ever owned, but I do need to flog it before the new one comes out and get a device that works with Exchange well.

Cheers,

or now that Apple is releasing true Exchange support you could hang on for that? Think it will be available in June(?) - doesn't help your 3G issues but since mobile browsing seems so important to you you might be better sticking with iphone. (plus 3G iphone is likely this year anyway).

[Guest Monolithix]

You could always consider a QWERTY Standard device. Something like the Moto Q9h? Incidentally if 3G is a must you'll have to sacrafice decent battery life...

[Guest Techy]

using some of the tewaks that are kicking around, it is possible to use the Opera Mini Java ap as a stand along softkey shortcut, it's replaces the standars IE with a nicer feeling webpage. Looking for a phone with default browser on winmo will turn up sad. If u can tweak it with opera, any device like touch cruise will do you some good. Qwerty lacking though ... upgrades on the horizon though.