One of  the things that keep me with my increasingly elderly Nokia 9300 Communicator is that quality of the Windows software, Nokia PC Suite.

Not only does it synchronise all of my contacts and appointments but it will display incoming text messages. The limitation is that there is quite a delay between the text arriving and it appearing onscreen but this is more than made up for by being able to write a reply on the computer instead of the phone.

The only danger is that it is very easy to write an email rather than a text and spend lots of money. Luckily there is a counter that shows how many messages will be required.

The other great thing about PC Suite is it's the only synchronisation software I've ever got to work with Bluetooth. Don't even think about asking about ActivSync for Windows Mobile.