New....er Gadgets
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I blogged earlier this month on what I thought would be couple of perfect gadgets for the (Mobile) worker and the everyday phone user.

The HTC Athena was great, however lacked a decent enough screen resolution, that is really the only fault I have with it (so far)

The HTC Vox was and still is a great mobile phone/email phone, and I this is the perfect device and I still (after at least 2 months) have no complaints.

As usual however, these "perfect" devices have been perfected.

The HTC Omni is the replacement to the crappy clamshell devices of old (HTC Universal/Vodafone v1460, XDA Exec) and will be good competion for the HTC Athena/Advantage
The HTC Wings is the successor to the stll brand new HTC Vox, and has built in GPS and 3G. Only downside remains is the lack of touchscreen, but as I've known for years, you can't have everything. Apparently this device might now be cancelled - Nooooooooo

Gadgets.

Its been ages since I've had gadgets to talk about, I have been through a few but nothing really worth a mention.

Till very recently, my personal phone has been the QTek 8500, a small flip smartphone perfect as a "socialising phone" (a phone you could take out on the p*ss with you).

Unfortunately due to a major problem with my jean back pocket, some keys, my arse and a chair, I managed to sit on the phone cracking the screen.

This led me to revert to my officially upgraded Orange phone, a Nokia N73...
I havent had a Nokia since back in the days before SPVs came out, needless to say I ave been completely useless with it, different operating system (I know it's a phone), different way of synching, texting, accessing contacts, and altogether not for me.

After a nice chat with my Vodafone man, I managed to get my hands on a HTC Vox, which accepted my Orange Sim with a smile and I am now in the process of setting up.
Good Points
Windows Mobile 6
Brilliant for working with MS Office Documents
Bluetooth
Wi-Fi
Sliding keyboard
2MP Camera

Bad Points No 3G
eMoze synchrnosation does't work
No touchscreen
Larger than a standard "Candy Bar" Phone
No Built-in GPS

My work phone is split between the HTC Artemis or the HTC Hermes (depending on what I need it for). The Artemis is great for the built-in GPS and is size, the Hermes is just a great all-rounder and has the keyboard.

The only devices out there worth looking at are the HTC s420 (the next Qtek 8500) and the HTC Athena (Hmmm).