Windows Mobile is taking its place as the premier phone OS in the world. Let’s check out 3 phones that show it off at its best.

HTC Touch Diamond2

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 Touch Pro2

The HTC Touch Pro2 carries on the groundwork laid down by the Diamond2; it really is a joy to use, and like an increasing number of modern touchscreen mobile phones, it’s optimised for touch controls. Or, in other words, you press the screen on the HTC Touch Pro2 with a finger, not a dibber (well, ok, a stylus, but dibber sounds better, to me). Specs-wise, it’s no slouch, either, with 5 megapixel camera, HSDPA, WiFi, built-in GPS and a frankly brilliant slide-out QWERTY keyboard. It truly is a gorgeous mobile phone, and I’ll be frank, it’s hard to think of any other Windows Mobile phone coming close to it.

Well, except for the last one on this list…

Toshiba TG01

So, there’s the HTC Touch Diamond2 on one hand, and on the other, with a full QWERTY keyboard, there’s the HTC Touch Pro2. To make Windows Mobile run at its best, you need a powerful phone, and the Toshiba TG01 is the most powerful phone that’s ever hit the market. With a Pro2cessor running at 1GHz, the Toshiba TG01 has a faster Pro2cessor than any other phone out there, running very close to laptop territory. Combine that with a 4.1 inch screen, and the Toshiba TG01 is, without a doubt, the best Windows Mobile phone out there. Office Mobile lets you work away from the office, and when it’s time to let your hair down, that big screen, as well as additional technology gleaned from their TVs, makes the Toshiba TG01 a nigh-on perfect media phone.