Did you notice this? NTT DoCoMo to Sell Windows Mobile phones

Here's an interesting one...NTT DoCoMo, the biggest mobile operator in Japan, will now be shipping at least one Windows Mobile based phone.

Previously there was a bunch of noise about DoCoMo standardizing on Symbian and Linux.

I guess they haven't. :)

There is another Windows Mobile phone in Japan. It's the Sharp W-ZERO3 that has a 3.7" VGA screen. Pretty slick.

My phone of choice these days is the new T-Mobile SDA. I'm more of a "phone" guy than a PDA/phone type person so the candy-bar style works for me, and the dedicated music player buttons are a nice touch. The screen is a brilliant QVGA - to be seen to be believed.

There still needs to be work done in three areas here:

• One is just getting apps on the phone. The BREW phones from Verizon really have done a good job there and right now Windows Mobile phones have a bit more "friction."
• The second is the media sync with the PC although my latest encounters with Windows Media Player 11 tell me that there are vast improvemenst in the near future.
• Finally, the min-SD card socket on the SD is under the battery - just kind of a pain. However, putting a 1GB mini-SD in there does the trick nicely.