I bought my Nokia N80 last December but recently it started showing some problems. It was unbearably laggy (spelled corretly?). It would hang & I had to remove the battery in order to reboot it cos the power switch wouldn't work. But it's probably my fault cos I dropped it so many times.

N80's battery life is hopeless. Barely last me a day. And the thing that annoys me most is the slider. I would hang up on the other party when I accidentally slide the upper section just a bit. Keying in appointments was a pain. I gave up trying to enter using the numberic pad. Instead, I type my appointments into Outlook on my PC and then sync the data to my phone. The calculater is also tedious to use, not to mention its limited functions. N80 has WiFi. But the screen is too tiny, so I hardly surf or check emails using it.

N80 is okay for a phone but what I need is a PDA phone. iPhone won't reach Asia till next year. But I couldn't wait any longer. So after spending 2 weeks checking reviews & forums users' feedback etc, I decided to get Dopod D810.

I had it for about a week & must say that I'm quite happy with it. Had installed a number of applications, including GPS Mapking, CE Star. I'm not good with Hanyu Pinyin hence CE Star's chinese character recogition function is very useful for me when I write my emails or SMS. I'm using Opera Mobile and it's much better than IE. I'm writing this blog entry on my D810 in the comfort of my bed. And at the same time, I'm Skype-chatting with a friend stationed in Taiwan.

My regrets? I should have gotten a pocketpc phone earlier.