The Nokia N8 has a 3.5 inch OLED capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 640×360 pixels. Your own widgets can be added to the three customisable home screens which can be accessed with a simple finer swipe. The home screen shows live updates from social networking sites and there’s a dedicated widget for Facebook and Twitter, bringing them into one application.

The N8 can download applications from the Ovi store via the 3G HSDPA web browser. For music addicts there’s an FM radio and Nokia’s Music Player. There’s 16GB internal memory (expandable up to 48GB) for storing your music files and the N8 can play back an impressive 50 hours from one battery charge, you can listen to music all day long.

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The sleek and stylish 8520 Curve is one of BlackBerry’s most successful phones. The rubberized body fits perfectly in your hand and it has a full QWERTY keyboard which is ideal for writing emails, texts and instant messages. The BlackBerry 8520 can send and receive emails from a host of different accounts anywhere in the world. It features the new touch sensitive optical trackpad instead of the trackball which is a fantastic replacement for BlackBerry handsets as it makes navigating your way around the phones many features a pleasure.

With the BlackBerry 8520 Curve catering for those who love to mix business with pleasure, the phone has media control buttons on the top of the phone as well as a standard 3.5mm audio jack. There is a 2 megapixel camera with QVGA video recording and expandable memory up to a huge 32GB using a microSD card. The media player supports a range of formats and the video player looks great on the high resolution screen. You can download applications via BlackBerry App World, adding to the many features already on the phone. The BlackBerry 8520 Curve is a perfect phone for both work and play and is highly recommended.

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3G HSDPA web browsing with GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth will ensure you get a connection wherever you are. Entertainment on the go is offered via the multimedia player that supports all popular music and video file formats. The 3.5mm audio jack enables you to use your preferred headphones and the expandable memory up to 16GB means you can carry your multimedia library with you.

SMS, MMS, Email and instant messaging are all supported and the handset is quad-band for international use. Other features include GPS with BlackBerry maps and a document editor for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files.

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The Nexus S - with Android v2.3 - could be the phone for anyone looking to buy an impressionable smartphone. This collaboration brings the usual selection of Google services to the table such as Google Maps that work in conjunction with the built-in GPS navigation system, Google Search, YouTube, Gmail and Picasa integration.

On the hardware side of things, Samsung provides high-end optics with a super-AMOLED touchscreen display and a 5 megapixel camera that boasts autofocus, touch focus, face & smile detection, geo-tagging, an LED flash and HD video recording. Android v2.3 is also on-board and this popular operating system now offers video calling and of course 3G HSDPA Internet access is still included to bring high internet and downloading.

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There are three great tariffs to choose from.

Dolphin 25 comes with 300 minutes, 500MB of data and unlimited texts.

Canary 25 gives you 400 minutes and unlimited texts.

Racoon 25 offers 400 minutes to mobiles, unlimited minutes to UK landlines and 300 texts per month. This one’s our favourite.

The Samsung Tocco Lite is lighter than the original Tocco and it has a larger screen, now 3 inches with a higher resolution, plus gesture lock and handwriting recognition. The interactive TouchWiz interface lets you customise your home screen by dragging and dropping the widgets you use most. The screen also has an accelerometer, turn the phone sideways and the display automatically switches to widescreen landscape mode, great for viewing movies. With a microSD card slot and an excellent video and audio player, it will keep you entertained on long journeys.

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It comes with 1200 minutes per month and unlimited texts, 750MB data and Wi-Fi included.

You’ll pay nothing upfront for the iPhone 4 16GB and line rental is £45 per month on a 24m contract, or £50 per month on an 18m contract.

The iPhone 4 needs no introduction. One of the best and most user-friendly mobile devices of all time. It’s much more than just a phone and truly the must-have gadget for 2010.

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Top end features include GPS with A-GPS support, Wi-Fi for taking advantage of hotspot locations and Bluetooth for linking to external devices wirelessly. The 5 megapixel camera will take professionally styled pictures aided by autofocus, LED flash, smile detection and geo-tagging.

Entertainment wise, the Wave 723 has a FM stereo radio, multimedia player and pre-installed games that can be added to via downloads. The Wave will also keep you in touch when out and about in a variety of formats that include SMS, MMS, email, push email and instant messaging.

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The LG GS101 is a simple to use handset designed for text messaging and making calls. The bright 1.5 inch colour screen displays messages clearly and the handset measures 104 x 44 x 13mm for a comfortable fit in the palm.

The keypad is well spaced and easy to use and with T9 predictive text input you can fire off messages with ease. The vibrate alert function is ideal when you are looking for a more discreet call notification and the calendar will help keep track of important appointments.

Other useful features include an alarm clock, calculator and currency converter. The handset can be personalised with wallpapers and polyphonic ringtones and the pre-loaded games will help keep boredom at bay.

The simplicity of this handset has ensured a great battery life with up to 9 hours of talk time and up to 800 hours of standby time. The LG GS101 is ideal if you want to keep things simple or to use as a back up to your main handset.

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The deal is on Virgin Mobile, which is a good value network with some nice promotions. A £10 top up gives you 300 free texts without eating into your credit.

The Motorola WX180 isn’t the flashiest mobile around but sometimes you just want a basic, friendly and reliable phone that you know you can depend on. With the WX180 you’ll get up to 8 hours of talk time or up to 400 hours of standby time from a full charge, so chatting away without being constantly reminded about a low battery won’t be a problem.

You can store up to 500 phonebook entries and 140 text messages in the phone’s memory, predictive text helps compose messages faster and whenever you want to listen to the latest songs tune in the FM Radio with integrated RDS that displays available FM station information like song titles, artist, genre.

With a solid build quality and easy to use keypad the Motorola WX180 maybe basic but sometimes that’s all you need.

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The Nokia 5230 has built in Sat Nav and comes complete with an in car cradle. As well as all of this, the usual T-Mobile PAYG benefits apply – such as 6 months free internet and unlimited texts for free (as long as you top up £10 per month).

The phone has an excellent battery life, and 3G, HSPDA and GPS with sat nav. It has a decent 2 megapixel camera, which can also record VGA video at 30 frames per second. The 3.2 inch touchscreen supports handwriting recognition and it has a built in accelerometer to auto rotate the screen.

Touchscreen aside, the music player is one of the main features. There is a dedicated audio chip to enhance the sound, a slider to instantly turn the device into a music player, a 3.5mm audio jack and built in speakers for music or the FM radio.

With this special edition Nokia 5230 you can download unlimited music at mobile broadband speeds, there is also the ability to transfer music to and from your device via a USB cable or Bluetooth, or you can download music from the Ovi web site on your PC and transfer it to the phone. Memory can be expanded to 16GB with a microSD card and up to 33 hours of music can be played with a single charge of the battery.

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