Augh, they're invading D: I swear, you're always confused if you aren't smiling. :P

Well it was either that or me looking at the screen to make sure I was hitting the capture button properly.

Needed more big cheesey smile while you adjust your collar. :P

Hehe, nice ^^ I just don't get why it bugs me so much the mirror frame is off-kilter >_< but the sweater looks very comfy! =D

The visage looks vaguely familiar....

Anyway, nice pic, think I preferred the trenchcoat by the way.

Oh and, that thing on your cheek might just be a smudge on the mirror.

Is that an Android Hero?

HTC Dream. The Hero might have been a better bet because the battery life is crappy, but the G1 does have a keyboard. I replaced the Nokia I had before because each time I had to type an SMS message it made me want to smash it with a hammer.

Heh, so much for Nokia being cellular king. I'm planning on getting the Motorola Droid, with Verizon, here. It's apparently very well done.

Really I'd like an N900, which is basically Debian. But at £500 it's far too steep.
The Droid doesn't seem to have a proper keyboard, though. The G1 I'm typing on now has 5 rows, the droid has no numeric set which for a phone is kind of daft.

Uh, that's the HTC, it's the Motorola, it has a slide out keyboard.

...and that keyboard has no number row. You have to use some kind of shift key to get at them.
Mind you the N900 is even worse - that's only got 3 rows.

What's the big deal, you'd use the touch screen to dial anyway.

It all depends what you're intending to do with it. I was originally looking at these as internet terminals and computers rather than phones. Typing in URLs (the FA ones have a lot of numbers, for example) and entering large amounts of text makes the keyboard pretty important which virtually rules out the Hero, Magic and iPhone. I want to be able to touch-type on it, which the G1 can do albeit not great.

I have the black G1 for that purpose using a dedicated 3G SIM card intended for a mobile broadband dongle. I got the white one in the photo later to use for calls and stuff. For that purpose the Hero etc would have done, but I was hoping to have two the same so the parts would be interchangable years down the line...

Bear in mind I develop mobile phone applications for a living so my idea of what makes a good phone is liable to be very, very different to most peoples

Mmm, okay, I can see what you're getting at.

Ah yes, the SIM card--that's what makes cell phones in Europe superior to those in the US, because you all have the ability to mix and match your phones and service provider.

But still, the Motorola Droid is awesome in every way. It is the first phone that, IMHO, can finally knock the stupid iPhone off its high horse.

I have a Motorola Droid on Verizon, which means that I have the best phone on the best service provider out there.
I have 3G reception in places that are basically dead-zones to all other service providers.

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009.....droid-preview/

Oh, I forgot to add - Nokias can be okay. The lower end ones are more usable and the higher-end ones are good if you're not trying to program them (Symbian is just evil) - but the mid-range one I had had a truly dire SMS editor that would frequently erase the entire message instead of one character with no undo.
The build quality is good - on that Nokia too... it survived being smashed against the floor with all my force. Yes it broke, but when I gathered all the bits they clipped together and it worked fine.

*shrugs* we only get the cheapos over here.

where does the e61 fit in that range?

I've only tried to program it, not use it as a phone.
If your plan is to write C++ apps for it, I can heartily recommend staying as far away from the E61 as is humanly possible.

I've had one for a while. It works okay as a phone/text device, and the battery life is fairly good.

In fact, the only problem I have with it is it gets sluggish after you get over 1200 texts in it, and the charger appears to have a fault that causes the socket to be twitchy as heck to get it to remain charging. That might be the cable, though.

I was just curious as to how you saw it for your side. And since Symbian isn't great as an OS, I'm not terribly surprised at your reaction. ;-]

PS I haven't tried throwing it on the floor either, though I came close on several occasions.

DUDE!!!!!!