When it was announced many months ago, the Sony Xperia X1 looked like Windows Mobile’s answer to the Apple iPhone, with its cool-looking animated custom screens and icons. What got everyone to sit up and listen was a promotional video that Sony Ericsson uploaded online. The video showed an incredibly fancy interface, with icons that zoom in and out and flip around — in essence, the promise of a flashy interface over the normally staid Windows Mobile menus. So now that it’s here, does it fulfil Sony Ericsson’s promise of a better smartphone?
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Back in 2002 (or as some may argue, late 2001), Motorola wowed us with the V70. Stylishly slick, it’s swivel form factor came as a breath of fresh air to a market that was flooded with chunky candy bars and noisy clam shells that clicked louder than they rang. The top layer of the metalic phone swiveled around the display screen to unveil a *gasp* blue backlit keypad, and functioned as the earpiece.
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To take the HTC Touch Diamond seriously, you’d have to consider that it’s meant to take on the tired and flawed reigns of the Windows Mobile platform rather than become yet another iPhone alternative. For what is meant to be the culmination of the Touch series’ form and function, the Diamond is decidedly understated in what is meant to be the most powerful and useable form of Windows Mobile to date.
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When it comes to choosing the latest mobile phone deals, there are a few aspects to consider. Like with many other things in life, it is not as simple as just walking into a shop and choosing the first contract that you see. You must decide how many minutes, texts and the duration of contract that you require. The other thing to consider nowadays is will you want mobile broadband with your mobile phone contract? If you do then you can get yourself some really great value deals by taking out a mobile broadband deal at the same time as you take out your mobile phone contract. Another aspect to consider is whether or not you want to go for one of the pay as you go mobile phones that are out there. Pay as you go mobiles are often cheaper versions of the contract versions of mobile phones, they usually have less features, but are more economical. The thing to remember is that owning a pay as you go mobile phone is not necessarily cheaper. It will only be cheaper if you are a low user, or if you change your usage habits. Either way you need to make sure you get the deal that is right for you.

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