Linked by Andrew Davis on Mon 1st Nov 2004 19:52 UTC
Recent news has covered the release of many new smart phones. We have the new Treo650, the new Sony P910, the new Audiovox PPC 6000, the new Blackberry 7100, and the new Nokia 6670. Recently, I've been speaking via email almost daily with my AT&T (now Cingular) rep. For some reason, the conversation always steers towards his wanting to push the latest from Nokia, Blackberry, etc.
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Not looking to be argumentative but user-friendly interaction is pretty much a person-by-person thing. There are some interfaces that are better than others, and of course smartphones, like PDAs, like computers all have their uses, and it's better to bunch them into categories, rather than palm vs the world.
examples:
Blackberry - Their forte is push e-mail, they are not there for SSH, for extensive web browsing, for games, or for utilities
Symbian - Even though symbian has been around for a while there are several versions out there, Series 60, Series 90, Series 80, UIQ, EPOC. Even though all are the same OS, applications are mutually incompatible, which produces a problem of the application barrier. I use a P800, love it, I play music on it, play games, check my mail, use it as a phone, SMS and a browser. It does what it does well, but I would not expect much more from it. It is a good mix of phone and PDA.
Palm and pocketPC - These two OSes have been around for a while and do not have the problem of the application barrier. There are a ton of applications for them. If you are looking for something that is more of a connected PDA than a phone - these are the devices for you.