I had the opportunity to use and test a bunch of phones last December. For overall usability, I put the iPhone at the top of the list, though I understand that if you need a keyboard it won't do.
I also tried the T-Mobile G-1 (Android-based) and the BlackBerry Storm. The Storm had this odd touch-screen interface that included physical clicking of the entire screen, and I never quite got used to it or got it to work the way I wanted it to when I wanted it to. Sometimes it was fine, other times it seemed to have a mind of its own. The G-1 wasn't too bad, it did have a nice keyboard when you slid the screen aside, but it had relatively few apps available for it. I actually still have that G-1 phone here -- they never sent me return instructions -- if you want to try it out.
The last phone I tried for that article was a Windows Mobile iPaq Business Messenger from HP. I found I didn't like the tiny (by comparison with the others) screen, and the keyboard felt awfully cramped for my fingers. If you're used to a Treo, you may not have that problem. And FWIW, I used to like Windows Mobile a fair amount, but I like it less and less as time goes by.
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Date: 2009-05-06 10:27 pm (UTC)I also tried the T-Mobile G-1 (Android-based) and the BlackBerry Storm. The Storm had this odd touch-screen interface that included physical clicking of the entire screen, and I never quite got used to it or got it to work the way I wanted it to when I wanted it to. Sometimes it was fine, other times it seemed to have a mind of its own. The G-1 wasn't too bad, it did have a nice keyboard when you slid the screen aside, but it had relatively few apps available for it. I actually still have that G-1 phone here -- they never sent me return instructions -- if you want to try it out.
The last phone I tried for that article was a Windows Mobile iPaq Business Messenger from HP. I found I didn't like the tiny (by comparison with the others) screen, and the keyboard felt awfully cramped for my fingers. If you're used to a Treo, you may not have that problem. And FWIW, I used to like Windows Mobile a fair amount, but I like it less and less as time goes by.