This slim black beauty is built around the Windows Mobile operating system - not great news if you’re not a fan of Windows but appealing for those who appreciate the extra features it brings to the device (such as a solid organiser) plus the familiarity and easy hook-up to your desktop or laptop PC. And being the first smartphone packing the fresh-baked Windows Mobile 6 edition means you get better email searching and smarter shortcuts.

The Q 9h has one of the best smartphone Qwerty keyboards we’ve ever used, along with a nippy navigational wheel on the front and a dial on the right side that’s cleverly adaptive to the screen.The two-megapixel digital camera is now mandatory for any decent smartphone but the inclusion of a 256MB microSD card for storing photos, music and video is a welcome surprise. It’s just a shame that the high-speed coverage of Vodafone’s 3G network on which the smartphone runs is still a little patchy in places, even around Sydney.