Okay, so I'm what you might call a smartphone 'power user'. I have an old Orange M500 (made by HTC) Windows Mobile smartphone, which I use heavily for work. It not only handles phone calls, but also manages server configurations, user passwords, my diary and tasklist. It also does SatNav pretty well - albeit with an external bluetooth GPS.

People have been asking me whether I was going to buy an iPhone (they know I'm a Mac fan of long standing). So, what does the iPhone do? Music, video, email, web browsing and .... err.... that's about it. Sorry, don't need the media stuff, and email and web browsing is done just fine by other things. Frankly, from my point of view, the iPhone is about as useful as a chocolate teapot.

Soo, I've just ordered an 02 XDA Orbit. It has Windows Mobile 6, built-in GPS (so it'll run TomTom 6), email, web browsing, task list, diary, pocket word, excel and all the usual stuff. It's costing me nowt - just a switch of service providers.

Much as I like most of Apple's products, it was a no-brainer - the Windows smartphone leaves the iPhone so far behind it's embarrassing. Yes, it's not as cute or funky, but in terms of the job it will do for me, there's no contest. I've just saved myself £270 + £5 per month and wound up with, in my view, a far superior solution. Result. =]