List of vaguely usable Windows Mobile phones

Have a physical QWERTY keyboard that's wide enough to allow at least ¾cm per column---frontal "thumb boards" don't count (a Revo has 1cm+ and a ; key that's well-placed for reassignment in Dvorak-like or Colemak layouts, but that's hard to find on WM phones)

Run 2003SE, 5, 6 or 6.1 (not 6.5+) for compatibility with Wenlin, eSpeak etc (but be sure the phone has not been upgraded!)

Support GSM (and UMTS if it's a 3G phone) so it works in the UK, Europe etc

All these phones can develop faults (even when just left in a drawer!); the simpler ones (e.g. no touchscreen) have "less to go wrong" but can still fault.

adapter battery cable card case charger cover cradle film for games guard handsfree headset holder kit mount pouch protector protectors replacement sock spare stylus

2G phones

Some of these phones' microphones (designed for use near the cheek) don't work so well in speakerphone positions---they pick up too much when in front, or lose sound when too far. The effect may not be so bad on a 3G signal, but if you're on 2G and use speakerphone (for SAR reductions or to see the display), try having the mic a fingertip away from your cheek and the speaker further away (you can still check the screen when not speaking).

"HTC Tilt2"

"Dopod C800" "Dopod C858" "HTC Herald" "HTC P4350" "HTC P4351" "XDA Terra" "T-Mobile Wing US" "VPA Compact IV"

"UBiQUiO 601" (keyboard twists open)

"I-Mate K-JAR"

"RoverPC Q5" "Kinpo Saturn"

"MDA Vario" "SPV M3000" "HTC Wizard 200" "i-mate K-JAM" "Qtek 9100" "XDA Mini S"

"Eten Glofiish M700"

"XDA Mini Pro"

"VPA Compact II" "HTC Wizard 110" "HTC P4300"

2G no-touchscreen phones (with number pads)

Here is a script to adjust the outgoing call timer (can also log signal strength), and SBMinutes to check call time more accurately.

"Vodafone v1415" "HTC S710" "HTC S711" "HTC Vox" "SPV E650" "Dopod C50" (front number pad, slide-out QWERTY)

"Pantech Duo C810" (slide-out number pad, slide-out QWERTY; also has 3G but only on 850/1900 and no Wi-Fi™)

3G phones

3G phones can improve voice quality even in a 2G-only area / building if your 2G network supports 3G's AMR compression, although this does increase 2G's power load slightly. Where 3G signal is available it also gives faster data and causes no 217 Hz burst-interval noise on sensitive audio equipment, but its continuity can be too much for an ailing second-hand battery (3G WM phones can be switched to 2G-only if necessary).

"CHT 9000" "HTC Hermes 200" "TyTN 200" "HTC P4500" "SoftBank X01HT" "Swisscom XPA v1605" "VPA Compact III" "Vodafone v1605"

"Dopod 838 Pro" "HTC Hermes 100" "HTC TyTN 100" "NTT DoCoMo hTc Z" "XDA Trion" "SPV M3100" "Qtek 9600" "i-mate JASJAM"

"MDA Vario II" "HTC Hermes 300" "TyTN 300"

"XDA Zinc"

"HTC Universal" "Dopod 900" "E-Plus PDA IV" "Grundig GR980" "MDA Pro" "Qtek 9000" "SFR v1640" "SPV M5000" "SPV M5000" "VPA IV" "Vodafone v1640" "XDA Exec" "i-mate JASJAR" (keyboard twists open)

3G phones with GPS

GPS usage affects battery life (tracking the signal needs lots of maths, and if you lose track then it takes time to re-acquire even with aGPS). So pedestrians probably won't use GPS much and therefore won't need to insist on it. (Cell-based location is usually sufficient and takes less power.)

"Touch Pro" (or Touch Pro 2)

"Dopod U1000" "HTC Athena 100" "MDA Ameo" (large, keyboard has to be attached so I don't know how easy/hard it is to get out quickly)

"MDA Vario III" "TyTN II" "HTC P4550" "HTC Kaiser" "v1615" "XDA Stellar" "VPA Compact V"

"Sony Ericsson Xperia X1" "HTC Kovsky" "HTC Venus"