OK, so I have now got myself a new phone. It is the T-Mobile MDA Vario 3 (or as others would call it, the HTC TyTN 2 ).

I had the version before this and it was a very cool phone, but given what this offered and for how little they were offering this as an upgrade i just had to do it. Basically, its the same form factor, so chunky phone, slide out keyboard and more connectivity than many third world countries. The highlights of the new model for me are probably the tilting screen to make it easier to see the screen when you type, the new version of Windows mobile (so 6) and a built in GPS.

I have spent the last couple of days playing with it on and off as well as moving over all my settings, text messages, calendar and all the other stuff I love these phones for.

I think it would be safe to say I like my technology quite a bit and as such my main source of interest is the GPS. OK, so I know this technology is old hat, I know that, I’ve been using it for long enough. But that still doesn’t get me passed how cool it is to walk down the road with Google maps open, and active internet connection and the location dot in Google maps actually moving as I walk along. I mean, I notices I cross the road… how cool is that!

So just for a bit of fun, I have a screen-shot of my phone while running in my room. The blue dot is drawn by Google maps and is to show where I am. I have add the red dot to show where actually was. I would say its correct to about a meter and a half.

Yey technology, just yey!