| It's the old, old story, that's played out across PCs and | | | | finger swipes and sweeping gestures. It is truly intuitive, |
| mobile phones: operating system versus operating | | | | and it's the reason why the HTC Touch Diamond2 is |
| system. Let's take a look at three of the best mobile | | | | such an unmitigated joy to use. Of course, it's not all |
| OSes currently on the market. | | | | about being pretty, a phone needs to have decent |
| Samsung I7500 | | | | features and the HTC Touch Diamond2 has them in |
| The first important fact about the Samsung I7500, and | | | | spades, from the 5 megapixel camera, through GPS, |
| the bit that has made it so talked about, is its operating | | | | to incredibly fast HSDPA internet access (not to |
| system: Google Android. As it's only the second phone | | | | mention the superb Opera Mobile web browser). To |
| to officially go on sale using Android, the Samsung | | | | many, the HTC Touch Diamond2 is the ultimate |
| I7500 has garnered an awful lot of trade and | | | | Windows Mobile phone. |
| consumer interest. Even more importantly, the | | | | Palm Pre |
| Samsung I7500 is the best-looking Android phone to | | | | So, there's the HTC Touch Diamond2, which relies on |
| feature a keyboard-less, touchscreen-only design, a | | | | Windows Mobile and a beautiful interface on top. And |
| thing that seems to be all the rage in 2009. It's easily | | | | then, there's the Samsung I7500, which wows you with |
| more of a looker than any previous Android phones, | | | | its Symbian OS and its HD video recording. But for |
| and that fusion of enhanced looks and the | | | | ease of use and sleekness, nothing can touch the |
| still-awesome power of Android makes the Samsung | | | | Palm Pre. With its WebOS operating system, the Palm |
| I7500 a very compelling phone indeed. If innovation is | | | | Pre is easily the most intuitive phone on the market. |
| your thing, this is the phone for you. | | | | Not only that, but the integration between apps on the |
| HTC Touch Diamond2 | | | | Palm Pre is like nothing ever seen before, making it |
| The HTC Touch Diamond2 actually does a very good | | | | feel like the phone is, at times, doing your thinking for |
| job of making it so you don't have to go into standard | | | | you. There's never been a phone like the Palm Pre, |
| Windows menus that often, as on top of the operating | | | | and for that reason, it must surely be the phone of the |
| system, the interface is HTC's patented TouchFLO 3D | | | | year, so far. |
| setup, where everything is achieved through various | | | | |