mobile phone upgrade

I'm on orange mobile network in the uk and have an upgrade due in a couple of weeks time, so as a dedicated tech lover i have been looking at the options available to me, now i love the idea of iphones and playing with my friends but i they're a tad overpriced and the camera's are't great, also they're exclusive to o2 here and I am currently on Orange. So I have been looking at what is available to me. i currently have a sony erricson 850i which i like a great deal, but I would like a smartphone which can deal with browsing the net easier and also support wi-fi. I aslo wanted a decent camera to take snapshots on the go, and for the purposes of this blog something with geo-mapping of images.

So i have cut down to two options;

1. HTC Touch Diamond 2
2. Samsung i8910 HD

I've looked at several review sites to try and whittle down my descision to the final choice; the samsung has a better camera and a oled screen but is based on a symbian system, which makes the touch sensitivity a little less sensitive. The HTC is based on windows mobile and is a little more adaptable and slick but the camera is less functional and has no flash :(

so my final descion, hpefully the samsung, but we'll have to see what orange say on the 4th...

Rain Rain go away

more rain today and terrible winds mean a planned trip to the lake beach at apremont has been cancelled and instead a blowy lunch in St Gilles en Croix de Vie and then a drive up the coast and back home for indoor swimming at the caravan park :( oh well hopefull we'll have some sun tomorrow

photos from france

these are the photo's we took on our camera before we got sand in the lense and buggered it :(

FIRST

Ok so here I am in France (Agremont in the vendee), it's raining, my two year old Oliver is currently transporting every toy from the front room of our bijou static caravan to the bedroom for his mother and 8 month old brother Harrison. I'm sitting here sorting out links and tings in my google reader and deciding to go completely 2.0! So here we go, this may become a regular thing, maybe I'll wirte some reviews of music and films I've seen/liked, maybe I'll post random stuff about the kids, but I'm not going to talk about my job if I can help it!