So I haven't really kept up with all the latest coolest phones, and I'm a bit blinded by the coolness of the iPhone to be aware of the current best-of-class Windows Mobile phones or if the iPhone has any major problems.

When I google for new phones, I don't really know what to look for, so I get conflicting and incomplete info.

Maybe the good people of Modaco can help me out? I need some teachin' on what the current best-of-class phones are, and with a 16Gb iPhone as a base example of what I'm looking for, what do I gain/lose with another phone?

Thanks!

munky

P.S. Factors important to me are:

Most important: usability of web browser and internet application, GPS/sat nav software, great as a *phone*, nice swooshy interface
Quite important: good keyboard, useful extra apps (e.g. vnc, terminal)
Least Important: cost, time - I can wait a month or two for release of a great new phone

The iPhone is fantastic - the one area where it doesn't meet your criteria and the one area which annoys me most about it is the lack of SatNav software. It has built in GPS and works great with Google maps - just no proper SatNav - apart from that I love my iPhone

I too, am very fond of my iPhone. There's no such thing as a 'best' phone, just the one that suits what you want better than others, which from what you've said, would definitely be the iPhone right now. (apart from the GPS thing - apparently TomTom people have it working, but who knows if Apple will let it be available on the app store).

Go in to the phone shops and demand to have a 20 minute play with the iPhone, the Omnia and a few of the others you like the look of