Well there are many things that I liked about it, the form factor, screen etc but too many things i hated.

a) Phone reception was poor, compared with my wife’s cheap Nokia phone I dropped calls over and over again while she chatted away on the same network.

b) I could be at home with 5 bars of signal then ding dong new voicemail without the phone even ringing.

c) Touch UI on the phone was rubbish, no benefit at all and you have to press the screen so hard to actually get it to work in the first place.

d) Scrolling through contacts was really slow and totally not finger friendly.

e) Opening menus was slow with the constant spinning disc while you wait for them to open, I never even installed any third party apps.

f) Compared to my Treo this device is really slow

g) I pulled out my old Jasjar running WM5 and boy this thing was so much faster than the dual even with a vga screen and only 64 megs of ram.

h) The 20 key keyboard was just something I could not use at all I tried all the third party soft keyboards and they are just too small on the small touch screen.

The kicker for me was having an ipod touch, I would pick that up and a smile would come over my face, it was just so intuitive and a pleasure to use, web surfing, contacts scrolling even diary entries just so easy to do.

So i am going to give the iphone a try as i can use the soft keyboard on that easily and very fast, I sync with itunes all the time so contacts and calendar will not be a problem and I can use imap for mail on my server.

Windows mobile has driven me mad for too long now, I need a change and I need a break from it, so this is it.

Just spent the last hour playing guitar hero 3 with Tia, we are only on the easy level but we have just completed the game by beating Slash and Lou (The Devil) in a guitar battle. This game is awesome and its the most fun I have had with a game that I can remember and Tia is a rock chick in the making. Its great to hear her enjoying some decent rock music, for a change from the numb high school musical stuff she normally listens to.

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I have decided to return the Touch Dual, the reception on the phone is awful it must have a really weak antennae as I keep dropping calls and getting voicemail without it even ringing. Its really frustrating I dont know what to replace it with now so i am on the look out.

Driving home from work today I saw the first signs that spring is on the way, and what a welcome sight that was. The first new lambs of the year, very early but at least its a sign that the winter will soon be over and the light nights and hopefully warmer weather is on the way.

Working in sales, you have to have one day a week to keep your paperwork up to date.
That day for me is Monday, its so tedious, call plans, expenses, mileage claims and on it goes. I hate paperwork with a passion, I am always in trouble for getting it done late, i am trying my best this year to get it done but i find it hard.

I am in a sitting in a shop at the end of January and feeling the usual blues at this time of year. The weathers cold and windy and the days are so short. It gets you thinking about your life and where you are and where you think you should be. I am frustrated, I have a great job and earn above average money but that’s how it will always be, just above average nothing more. Do I want more than that ? Yes I do but I am scared of taking risks but I have to do it for my own sanity. I have so much untapped energy I have to let it out. This year I am going to lay the foundations that will make or break my future.

I am going to use this to catalogue events and decisions in my life from now on. I have blogged before on the renovation of our home but I have decided to make a blog for me as this year is going to be important for my future.