Best mobile for Internet Marketers? - iPhone4, Android or Windows 7 Phone

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Hi All

I'm very shortly due for a mobile phone upgrade.

I currently have a phone based on Windows Mobile 6.5 (HTC Blackstone/Touch HD).

My dilemma, what phone/OS to choose for my upgrade? I have 3 ideas:

• iPhone4 - Running iOS4
• HTC Desire - Running Google Android 2
• Wait until September for the new batch of Windows (Mobile) 7 Phones

I want your opinion on what I should get based on the idea that this new phone will be used with Internet Marketing at its heart.

I don't want just a one word answer vote... I want answers backed up with actual useful reasons i.e. what are the best Internet Marketing apps available for each platform.

I know iOS4 and Windows 7 Phone are not here yet, but base these opinions on current iOS3 and Windows Mobile 6 apps (as most apps will get upgraded), or indeed if you know of any future apps that will be released on the new platforms.

I may even stick with my current phone and opt for cheaper line rental instead?

Current apps I have are:

• moTweets - for multiple Twitter accounts
• Facebook - use the mobile website (m.facebook.com) as the included app doesn't update quick enough
• Speeed Reader - for Google Reader feeds
• Office Mobile 2010 - to read/edit Office documents
• Multiple Email Accounts - compatible with Exchange (links to Outlook), Hotmail, Gmail, Ymail, etc. Although multiple accounts don't integrate into one inbox, at least all are accessible (personally I only use Hotmail/Gmail accounts)
• Calendar/Tasks - good apps, can be synced to Outlook
• Opera Mobile 10 - very good web browser
• uZard Web - again good mobile browser with Flash support - i personally feel Flash is still very important for an Internet Marketer based on the fact that many marketing sales pages now include flash videos, some pages are purely flash based videos and don't even offer a text based alternative. EdDale is the only person I have come across so far in Internet Marketing that makes iPhone/Mac friendly videos
• YouTube App - built-in app to view YT apps, however with browser above I can view YT vids direct from the main site!
• Adobe Reader - PDF Reader
• wimoFinance - keeping track of personal/business finances
• uConvert - converts all types of units (used mainly to convert $ to £)
• Pocket Rar - used to uncompress Rar/Zip files
• WiFi Router - turn my phones data connection into a WiFi signal, useful when visitning clients with my laptop and I need internet access on it

You may have already guessed I am Windows mad, but I do own a Macbook Pro too, so I am open to all platforms (including Android too). However I really can't stand iTunes and feel that Flash is still important for Internet Marketers based on the reason stated above.

I welcome all your thoughts and I hope this thread will help a lots of people in sourcing the best apps/phone for Internet Marketers.

Thanks

p.s. please don't suggest other devices such as iPad, as I need to use it as a phone too (and simply can't justify buying more gadgets than I need!!). Also don't suggest other phones models, it's not really about the hardware, but more about the apps available on each platform, cheers!

[OnlineDesignSales]

There is pretty much an app for everything on iPhone, I wish that I bought one a few years ago rather than getting a Windows mobile phone first, because I thought I would use it to do all these extra things.

In reality most stuff is a lot faster on a desktop/laptop, so I don't bother doing much more than browsing the web/reading articles and sending an odd email or two.

You can find a phone that WILL do everything, but is it really worth stuffing around for 30mins doing something on a phone that can be done on a desktop in 10?