Matt Moran

Birmingham

Computer bod

Couple of flaws there: Most normal mobile phones are about as durable as your iPod. You may just be taking better care of your iPod. Most mobiles also have a removable battery, which the iPod doesn't - any iPhone would hopefully have a removable battery. This is the main part that wears out in the iPod. Then there's the DRM - yes, all iTunes tunes are DRMed - BUT unlike (say) Microsoft's Zune service, the music isn't limited so that if you stop paying a subscription it stops working. Also, if you burn your iTunes tunes to CD & then scan them back in, they're free from DRM so you can do as you like with it. Also, in the latest version of the iPod software, you can now use your iPod to transfer music between computers that are authorised to play your music even if it's still DRMed.

The big issue for me would be - will this phone have an 80Gb hard drive that I can put all my music on, and will it have a screen big enough to view video podcasts & TV programmes? If it doesn't seriously outperform the top iPod, I wouldn't want it.