Following on from the previous articles in his series looking at the sub £100 smartphone (namely the Symbian powered Nokia 5230 and the Android fuelled ZTE Racer), Ewan here turns his eye to the other major parts of the built in software - namely, PIM apps, music and media. How do the two budget smartphones fare against each other?

"With Nokia's Ovi and Android's Google, both the ZTE Racer and the Nokia 5230 have strong over the air sync capabilities, but for some, this might be a step too far.

As mentioned in the previous article, you need to have a Google account to use any Android device. Not only is your identity in the Android ecosystem tied to this, but any data you have in Google Calendar and Google Contacts immediately begin to fill up the PIM suite on your Android handset. Initially this is a pretty smart idea, within seconds you are up and running with a phone that has become very personal. Long term it also works well, with a clean sync of data between your handset and a cloud of information that can be accessed by any connected computer."

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