What’s the best touchscreen phone for you?
Touchscreen phones are finally taking over the world. But it’s not all about the iPhone 3G. There are now stacks of cells with tons of different features, so whether you want one for firing off spreadsheets or taking killer photos, there’s one for you. Read on to find out which one you’ll be stroking in a worrying fashion come Christmas.
Camera lover
LG KC910
You love taking snaps and are gagging for some touchscreen action. The iPhone’s 2MP snapper doesn’t cut it, but the new LG KC910 comes packing a massive 8MP sensor. Not only will it slip easily into your pocket, it’ll also bring an end to the days of you carting round a compact camera.
www.lge.com
Business type
Samsung Omnia
You live for work, spending your waking hours barking orders and working up presentations for men in pricey suits. The Samsung Omnia is the touchscreen blower for you. It’s got full Windows Mobile, so you can work on docs and spreadsheets as well as being at the cutting edge of gadgetry.
www.samsung.com
Trendy urbanite
HTC Touch Diamond
You like sticking out of the crowd and looking cool in front of your brogue–wearing buddies. The HTC Touch Diamond has got plenty of cool points, with a killer touchscreen, stacks of great features and the looks to match. Plus you can laugh at those iPhone–owning sheep, eh?
www.htc.com
Music fanatic
Nokia 5300 XpressMusic Tube
You love music, especially when it doesn’t cost anything. Nokia’s as–yet–unreleased Tube is coming later this year and is a banker to rock their new Comes With Music service, offering you 2.1 million tracks for nowt. Plus it might just be as cool as it looks in The Dark Knight.
www.nokia.com
Web addict
iPhone 3G
You can’t cope with being offline for more than five minutes. Whisper it, but the iPhone 3G is a bit special when it comes to the web (if you can overlook the lack of Flash), its browser looking and feeling a million miles better than other phones out there. Plus it’s finally got HSDPA, so broadband speeds are a banker.
www.apple.com
Comments
tevil
3 years ago
Yeah but i am an addict to all of the above!!!
Is there a phone out there for me??
Drunken Max
3 years ago
How can the iPhone be for the web addict without flash support? fanboy
Joe M
3 years ago
Hi Max
I'm certainly no Apple fanboy and have been happy to criticise their overpriced movie downloads, pricing strategy for the Touch firmware and Apple TV in general. I own a Touch and nano, but use a PC at home.
However, I chose the iPhone 3G largely because it does have the best mobile web browser going. I don't think there's anything to touch it in terms of usability and readability, the two factors I based this on. Flash support is a pain, but there is the YouTube app for watching vids (our own video reviews included).
The whole purpose of this feature when we discussed it was to steer away from the 'iPhone 3G is the only decent touchscreen phone out there' theory. However, there's no way you can ignore it either.
Hope that clears things up.
Cheers
Joe
Drunken Max
3 years ago
Sony Ericsson Xperia X1?
Joe M
3 years ago
Hi Max
Good point. But this uses Opera Mini, so really it's got nothing on the other phones you can download it on. I use it on my N95 8GB and it's great sometimes, but it's not as intuitive as the iPhone 3G.
I've used the Xperia and found it didn't compare as favourably. And I spend a disturbing amount of time online with my phone. I just think the iPhone 3G is better in this instance.
Cheers
Joe
kacey68
3 years ago
2 words - Blackberry storm
abeer42
2 years ago
The best touch screen phone, I have seen would be the new Nokia N97.
This Nokia N97 is the latest addition to the N series from Nokia, which comes with a boasts of impressive features such as a generous 3.5 inch touch screen, sliding QWERTY keyboard, integrated GPS and A-GPS receivers with built-in Nokia maps and a Micro-SDHC slot.
The Nokia N97 comes in two flavours, black or white, and has big advantages over the iPhone and Blackberry Storm. The Nokia N97 is truly a mobile computer with multimedia capabilities, including offers the user offers the user access to a QWERTY keyboard. The keyboard is well spaced making it easy for all finger sizes to punch in text.
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