Nokia has traditionally been to mobile phones what Microsoft is to operating systems. In other words, the world's dominant force in mobile handset sales. Last year saw that domination threatened by new manufacturers on the scene such as Samsung, and the r...

Whilst the 7280 was designed with a specific brief in mind it's hard to believe that usability and practicality were not also on the checklist. The look of the 7280 is no doubt an acquired taste, and the screen, whilst crisp is really too small to be func...

Orange has recently introduced the SPV C550 to their handset range; an update to the popular SPV C500 Windows Smart Phone. Unlike other UK based networks, Orange doesn't develop its own handsets, but prefers to 'buy in' other existing designs

The SPV 550 has its faults, of that there is no question, but at the same time there are a lot of features that make up ground overall

The Nokia 8800 has been created to meet the demands from consumers for premium handsets, both in terms of features, design and quality. Many manufacturers currently design their handsets to meet the mainstream market, although, Nokia has continued its eff...

While there's no doubt that there is a demand for the 8800, with many retailers reporting it outstripping supply, it has to be said that there is no real technical reason why you should want to own an 8800. Its old technology in a new shell and even that...

Worldwide sales of mobile phones are expected to be 1 billion annually by the year 2009, a statistic that horrifies those who prefer a telephone with a wire but one that requires the industry to provide more products to meet the various demands of improvi...

In the brief time I have had the M500 I have realised that maybe, with one of these in my skyrocket my life would actually resemble something a little less manic. On the other hand, I would have no excuse for missing a meeting or saying I didn't get the d...

VIA PT800 CHIPSET VIA's serious return to the P4 market ? VIA Technologies has always been a bit player in the P4 market, according to most observers who follow the trials and tribulations of chipset manufacturing companies. We've no doubt that it inten...

Our initial, pre-benchmark expectations led us to believe that the PT800, hampered by running a single-channel design on a CPU that fared best with dual-channel memory, would lag considerably behind the pace set by Intel's dual-channel runners. That belie...