What should the staff writer have as his smartphone?
By Asavin Wattanajantra in Editorial
Posted in Palm pre, iPhone, Apple on
I’m after a smartphone. It’s been a long time since I’ve actually had a phone on contract, and I think it might be about time to replace the one I have now (which is from my old contract that finished months ago).
It’s an investment for the future - at least 18 months - and its starting to become the case where a smartphone will be very useful for me at this point of time, for both enjoyment and for work where immediate access to email and social networking is becoming more and more important.
The ones I’ve decided not to go for are any of the Google Android models out at the moment or the Nokia high-end ones. My reasons? Well for Android my main problem is that there aren’t any made-for business models out - although the HTC Magic looks impressive, it is not aimed specifically for the business market.
I’ve seen a high-end Nokia in action and it looks nice, but for me the words smartphone and Nokia still don’t work together for me. I reviewed the Express Music phone that had a touchscreen and it looked nice, but it just didn’t seem very ’smart’ to me - it still had a stylus! The other BlackBerry styled devices look nice and shiny, but for £35 or so a month I’ll spend I wanted something more up to date.
On BlackBerry - I’ve played with the Bold that my sister recently bought, and I did love it. It’s a great phone and I was very impressed. However the lack of touchscreen is a problem again, and I’m well into my music - I’m not sure that as a music playing device the BlackBerry does it for me at the moment.
At the moment its actually a straight fight between two devices that aren’t out yet - the Palm Pre and the upcoming third generation iPhone (it’s going to happen soon I’m guessing).
As much as I dislike following the herd and the fact is I see so many in people’s hands at the moment, the iPhone is a great device. I have Apple stuff already I’m using, and even though I’ll be paying a premium and there are a few important things it is missing, I’ll be happy with one. For me it’s struck this good balance between consumer and business, and its simply fun to use, as well as having syncing ability with everything I use, which will be very important when it comes to iTunes and music.
However there is also the Palm Pre, which still hasn’t got a UK release date, curses and blazes. I like the styling, I like the fact it has a touchscreen rivalling the iPhone and I like the fact it has a sliding keyboard, as the iPhone’s can be a frustrating bugger to use. If these live up to the hype and also has that media experience I was talking about before this may be my final choice - but then I haven’t seen what the next generation iPhone is going to offer us.
Be interested to here your view - Am I being completely foolish about my choices? - either here commenting, through my Twitter or simply through an email at ash@dennis.co.uk.
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