For grown-ups, I say it's Sony's Reader. Here's my review, plus the rest of my top five.
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For grown-ups, I say it's Sony's Reader. Here's my review, plus the rest of my top five.
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Not a lot of people agree with you on the Storm Adrian. Stephen Fry, in particular, was very much of the opposite persuasion... :)
http://www.stephenfry.com/blog/2008/12/11/gee-one-bold-storm-coming-up%E2%80%A6/
adam
Posted by: dahamsta | December 15, 2008 at 01:10 PM
I saw that review. I wouldn't go as far as he did on it, though there are one or two issues with the touchscreen system. Mainly, it stops you from typing quickly. Also, no wi-fi sucks.
But overall, I think it's been reasonably well accepted. The main constituency who won't take to it (as usual) are older people, especially those who like the trackbally thingummy.
Posted by: Yourtech | December 15, 2008 at 04:42 PM
Tried a Bold myself a month or so back, had to get rid of it after a couple of weeks, drove me demented. RIM're good at email, but they still haven't a handle on convergence.
Replaced it with a Palm Treo Pro, which because of the Bold essentially replaced my Treo 680. It's Widows-based and has it's failings, but I reckon I'll be hanging onto it for a while.
adam
Posted by: dahamsta | December 15, 2008 at 05:30 PM
The Treo is okay, though tiny keyboard and still not keen on WinMob -- am currently playing around with an Xperia X1 and despite its nice design, the WinMob creates usability difficulties for it. Am eagerly awaiting the N97. If it manages to stay below 'brick' weight, reckon it'll be hard to beat.
Posted by: Yourtech | December 15, 2008 at 05:37 PM
Windows Mobile should not be let within a 10 mile radius of a touch-based phone like the Xperia.
At least not the current version.
I quite liked the Samsung Tocco so had high hopes for the Omnia but it was horrible - almost entirely due to the OS. The "front-end" of the software that Samsung designed worked OK but once you started getting into the heart of the device and Windows' interface took over the stylus had to come out and the anger levels had to come up.
I think I said it before about the Viewty but the fact that the Omnia was bundled with a stylus was an automatic admission of failure in my opinion.
Posted by: Adam Maguire | December 15, 2008 at 08:48 PM