My old cellphone is beginning to die and it’s time for me to think about upgrading it. I figure that since I’m a ‘Java Developer’ I should get a ‘Java’ phone. I have had lots of success with Nokia in the past and I’m really tempted to stay with them.

Does anyone have any experience with the Nokia 6610? The price point is about right, and it claims to have MIDP support. All I really want is the ability to write my own software and deploy it to the phone. That way I can write cool little helper applications that can connect to my server at home and do ‘cool things’.

Essentially all I want from a phone is SMS, Contacts, Phone and the ability to write & deploy my own software that talks over TCP/IP.

Are there any other phones you think I should evaluate. I’m in New Zealand and a Vodafone customer so I may be alittle limited in my choices, but any suggestions are still welcome as I can probably import most of them and use them anyway.