My favorite will be E71 so far….

Why? It the only single solid phone that seldom hang on me. And it battery life is good.
The only Nokia phone that get my praise (trust the guy who own the mobilephone business), stay away from N97…it suck.

My comment:

If you need a real phone that have one of the best typing feel and GPS Garmin/Google Map -> E71

If you need a rich media device -> iphone 3GS. You should have let me know earlier, i just sold off my 32GB australia iphone 3GS.

My main complain about iphone 3GS is battery life and heat issue. I use Google Map (super accurate with electronic compass) for 1 hour driving and the phone back cover is hot and batt down 20%….

And typing on iphone is just weird. Can’t type as fast on E71.

Blackberry? That is one ISP centric phone…not much app there yet. And a bit unstable when you have lot of sms/email in memory.

But if you’re fixated on E71, might as well go for E72. Better camera (here crossing my fingers!), faster processor slightly upgraded OS and oh, it has an optical trackpad to boot.

HTC has a WinMo qwerty phone coming soon, called Snap. comes with a trackball. Not as fancy as the Bold or E series though.

It’s 2009 and we still can’t get a decent non-BB qwerty phone with a high res display. :(

I think that the E71 shouldn’t be in the list because on paper itself, it is outclassed by Blackberry Bold and the iPhone 3G S (with exception of weight, cost and media formats supported, but I think either a Blackberry or iPhone has workarounds to fix this) in almost every way (except for aesthetics that is).

From my experience and feedback (btw, I just jumped to the Sony Ericson bandwagon after being very frustated with Nokia) the most irritating part about Nokia based handphones is that the moment the hardware becomes problematic, it is very hard to identify and rectify the issue. And for some weird reason, many of the complaints that I’ve received is that it becomes a recurring issue. But at the very least, from verbal accounts, there aren’t many who encounter recurring hardware issues for a Blackberry user nor from an iPhone user (with exception of Jailbreaking related issues)

I don’t understand why Nokia E71 shouldn’t be in the list. It’s an amazingly good phone. Feels very iPhone-ish though, with that chrome back cover a-la iPod Touch, and super solid feel since it’s so thin. Why did you say it shouldn’t be in the list?

And not to mention iPhone works better with your Mac, no?

I didn’t mention flagship phones from Nokia like E75 or N96 mainly because I am not a big fan of slide/flip phones. They’re annoying, and prone to break due to the moving mechanism.

Badi: I am through with “finding solutions” and spending 16 hours googling and setting something up. I don’t have the time and patience anymore!

Not sure if its exactly the best phone. Battery life sucks btw, but thats for mine. Not sure about the 3Gs.

However, my thoughts are very much inclined towards any possible workarounds with your original blackberry. Maybe there is one, I mean I’m sure you’ll find a more viable alternative.