Windows Mobile is a very powerful smartphone OS, and in truth, there’s a Windows Mobile phone for just about everyone. Let’s check out 3 different phones, that encompass 3 different lifestyles.

HTC Touch Diamond2 – the pretty one

The HTC Touch Diamond2 actually does a very good job of making it so you don’t have to go into standard Windows menus that often, as on top of the operating system, the interface is HTC’s patented TouchFLO 3D setup, where everything is achieved through various finger swipes and sweeping gestures. It is truly intuitive, and it’s the reason why the HTC Touch Diamond2 is such an unmitigated joy to use. Of course, it’s not all about being pretty, a phone needs to have decent features and the HTC Touch Diamond2 has them in spades, from the 5 megapixel camera, through GPS, to incredibly fast HSDPA internet access (not to mention the superb Opera Mobile web browser). To many, the HTC Touch Diamond2 is the ultimate Windows Mobile phone.

HTC Snap – the email device

Anyone who’s used Windows Mobile before will know it’s exceptionally good at emails and info management, and the HTC Snap is no exception to that rule. You get the same excellent POP3 and Exchange Server (for your corporate emails) support, but the HTC Snap also includes something new: Inner Circle. This is a new feature for the HTC Snap, that lets you set an Inner Circle of friends or important people, and automatically prioritises emails from them, to make sure you get the emails that matter the most, first.

Toshiba TG01 – the multimedia monster

So, there’s the HTC Touch Diamond2 on one hand, and on the other, with a full QWERTY keyboard and exceptional email, there’s the HTC Snap. Flying the flag for big touchscreens, though, is the Toshiba TG01, and it’s the first phone to use a super-fast 1GHz processor. Yes, it really is laptop-fast, and it’s also taken the crown from the Touch HD, as the screen on the Toshiba TG01 measures a whopping 4.1 inches. If Windows Mobile needs a fast processor and a big screen to run at its best, then surely the Toshiba TG01 must be the single greatest Windows Mobile phone yet made.