Many apologies - this subject must have been raised in different forms a few times by now.

I'm about to buy a new phone & my main driver for getting it is to access chess.com.  I'll be buying it outright as I don't want to be on a contract.  I'm expecting to use WiFi for internet connectivity.

My question is - does any phone stand out as being particularly good or bad for chess.com (either using the mobile application or using a traditional browser)?  As far as cost is concerned I know I may have to spend a lot - between £400-£500 for an iPhone, Blackberry etc if they prove to be worth the extra. 

Any advice or comments would be welcome. 

The iPhone is the only mobile phone I know of that will allow you to make moves in a game. It is still not possible to post comments because of a bug. There is a chess.com iPhone app that makes making moves easier.

The new iPhone costs MUCH less than £400.

In the United States, the iPhone costs $199 (or $299 if you go with the 32GB model, as opposed to the 16GB). I converted the dollar amount to be about £124.29, much less than one may think.

Wow - one provider here is selling the new iPhone 3GS for £449 (http://shop.o2.co.uk/update/iphone.html)  I need to buy a ticket to JFK & buy a cart load of them ...

I'm seriously considering the HTC Hero.  Does anyone have one?  What's it like for accessing chess.com?  Does the chess.com mobile application work with it?

Thanks for any advice and comments.

Here you find Chess.com´s Android app

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/chesscom-android-phone-app-group

Htc Hero is cool, but I should wait for Nexus One. Google´s own phone.

http://www.google.com/phone/?locale=en_US&s7e=

Thanks cemc

Yeah ... I wondered about the Nexus One.  I understand it's possible to get it already in the UK.  Not sure though - seems a bit soon to go for that?  Hard to decide but I'm still prepared to take advice if anyone can offer some more.

Am soooo excited.  Well, a little anyway.

I've ordered a HTC Hero from those nice people at Amazon which should be here in a couple of days.  The new Android application seems to be undergoing a lot of development so I'll be trying that soon. 

Will it improve my chess any?  Not sure but it's bound to put a bit more pressure on the marriage as I'll be playing chess while watching TV, in bed, on the bus ... she's very understanding though  :-)