Interface:Even though the Diamond2 uses the same Windows Mobile 6.1 as as other current smartphones, it's skinned so well that you barely notice its famed unfriendliness. Everything that was once difficult has been made easy, and it now offers the slickest, most rewarding user experience of any WinMo device.

Messaging: All interactions - calls, SMS, email- are grouped under your friends' contact cards so finding past conversations is easy. The onscreen QWERTY is pokey but reacts instantly, giving useful tactile feedback. As always, WinMo's email client is simple to set up ond powerful enough for business use.

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Multimedia:A mixed bog. Its 5MP snaps are good, though there's no flash. Neither is there a 3.5mm headphone jack - sound 1s via USB, so to upgrade the shrill bundled cans you'll need an adapter. The music player is decent but no iPhone, while video is smooth and crisp on its fantastic 800x480 screen.

Controls are sparse - a power switch, volume rocker and four fascia buttons - but offer just enough to moke using the Diamond2 straightforward. Its nifty touch-sensitive zoom bar allows simple zooming in on web pages, Google