It's been an interesting journey since I purchased my first Windows Phone. The Samsung Omnia 7 had a brilliant screen and was a joy to use. It would occasionally spontaneously restart, but I put that down to firmware/OS bugs that would be fixed in subsequent updates. Many updates later however, the problem actually got worse rather than better.

While it was away on the last of a number of visits to the service centre, I purchased a second hand (but excellent condition) HTC Mozart. A very capable phone, it was a good replacement.

Samsung finally agreed to a replacement (only after I filmed my handset rebooting – somehow they'd never managed to reproduce the problem themselves) – but by this time the Omnia 7 was no longer in stock, so I was given an Omnia W instead.

The Omnia W didn't seem quite as 'solid' as the 7 – probably the plastic case vs the 7's metal, but it worked well (and didn't spontaneously reboot like it's predecessor).

Nokia Lumia 800

I would have stuck with the Omnia W but for the fact that I was one of the winners of a new Nokia Lumia 800 for entering my Asthma First Aid app in the Windows Phone Apps Download Challenge.

The Mozart and Omnia W have now found new homes with friends and family, and I'm enjoying my nice blue Lumia.