WM6 Phone vs Blackberry vs Symbian vs Android - Pros/Cons of OSs?

[Mysticle31]

I've been reading about phones to get a replacement for my 6700. I've only known Pocket PC. I want to make sure I consider all my options and not miss anything. I know you guys are PocketPC orientated and would like to borrow your experiences.

What are the pros an cons of each os/phone type?

I have read that Blackberrys are more email specific phones vs Pocket PC is more multimedia and more of a PC replacement. However is that still true?

If I go with Blackberry I can get

• Keyboard and small screen
• GPS via monthly fee
• Data
• Does it do pop3 or only it's own little format?
• Search for movies, local food, gas..etc (via same fee as gps?)
• Has Contacts/Phonebook. (Does it sync with outlook?)
• Internet - (Any of them as good as Opera Mobile?)
• Media Player - I would assume it can play various video formats and stream.
• Stability
• Battery Life

If I go with Pocket PC I know I can get

• many 3rd party apps. Some of them I use are Music ID, XM Streaming, VJCandalia, Pocket Stars, ESward, 1Calc, Metro (for public transit), WiFiFoFum, Microsoft Voice Command
• Sliding Keyboard and larger screen
• GPS via mo fee or external app
• Data
• Gmail via POP3 or Java applet
• Search for movies, local food, gas..etc via external app
• Has Contacts/Phonebook that syncs with ActiveSync some of the time
• Media player - I know it can play many formats and stream youtube..etc
• A reset switch which is used often
• Make sure to charge it.

What did I miss?


I don't know much about android or Symbian. Although my impression is that Symbian is more of a phone with a few extra features rather than WM and Blackberrys which are PDAs with a phone.