| Let's take a look at three of the hottest smartphones | | | | hello to the Nokia N900. That Maemo OS gives the |
| available on the market, and see whether Windows | | | | Nokia N900 a finger friendly interface, and on top of |
| Mobile, Maemo or WebOS is the OS to buy. | | | | that, the phone has a built in QWERTY keyboard, so it |
| HTC HD2 | | | | has more ways to access the phone than ever |
| If you're talking big screens, there's no way you can | | | | before. It's not just about the interface, though, as the |
| avoid the HTC HD2, because it holds the record for | | | | Nokia N900 is packed with high-end features. A 5 |
| the biggest screen seen on a mobile phone. At a huge | | | | megapixel camera makes for superb photos, the |
| 4.3 inches, it is truly vast, and the high, 800x480 | | | | multimedia playback is stunning, and with HSDPA and |
| resolution makes it genuinely easy to use things like | | | | GPS, the Nokia N900 certainly isn't short of |
| scrollbars in menus. However, the HTC HD2 actually | | | | connectivity options. |
| does a very good job of making it so you don't have | | | | Palm Pre |
| to go into standard Windows menus that often, as on | | | | So, the Nokia N900 offers the brilliant, open source |
| top of the operating system, the interface is HTC's | | | | Maemo OS, and the HTC HD2 offers the best screen |
| patented TouchFLO 3D setup, where everything is | | | | and processor in the business. And since Palm have |
| achieved through various finger swipes and sweeping | | | | been around for years, one must ask: what does the |
| gestures. It is truly intuitive, and it (along with the truly | | | | Palm Pre offer that's different? Well, one could talk |
| awesome 1GHz Snapdragon processor) is the reason | | | | about the WebOS interface it uses, as it's unique in the |
| why the HTC HD2 is such an unmitigated joy to use. | | | | annals of phone history. And indeed, there's one |
| Of course, it's not all about being pretty, a phone needs | | | | feature of WebOS, directly related to the keyboard, |
| to have decent features and the HTC HD2 has them | | | | that makes the Palm Pre so cool. Universal search. |
| in spades, from the 5 megapixel camera, through GPS, | | | | Now, many phones do that, but the Palm Pre does it |
| to incredibly fast HSDPA internet access (not to | | | | so much more cleverly. Just start typing what you |
| mention the superb Opera Mobile web browser). To a | | | | want to know about, from the front screen, and the |
| lot of people, the HTC HD2 is the best Windows | | | | Palm Pre will search your contacts, apps, music, |
| Mobile ever made... | | | | pictures, and even the internet, to interpret and find |
| Nokia N900 | | | | what you're looking for. That really is a cool feature, |
| Nokia's latest smartphone if the first in a new breed; it's | | | | and it may well make the Palm Pre the coolest |
| the first phone ever to use the new Maemo interface | | | | QWERTY phone out there. If you value the interface |
| (previously seen in Nokia's internet tablet range). Say | | | | above all else, the Palm Pre is the phone for you. |