The current market isn’t too impressive, with a sense of monotony in the phones that are on offer In the current day and age, it seems that they all have touch screens

Also known as the Motorola CLIQ (in the USA), this frumpy-looking little mobile phone with its plain, grey appearance and rounded corners is actually better than it looks It’s an Android smartphone with a slide out QWERTY keyboard which is powerful, responsive, and will suit those whose social integration ranks high in importance in their daily lives

The HTC Pure was one of the first phones in HTC’s fleet to receive the Windows Mobile 65 treatment when it was released in October

RATING: 4/5 – It is fair to say that we like the sound of the Elm, but cannot give it full marks until we get to grips with the handset It really is something different and it pleases us to see that massive companies (like Sony Ericsson) are willing to take risks that the consumer market may brutally reject, especially when these chances are taken in a bid at improved sustainability

Available only with Vodafone from around £35 per month (this is for a 2-year contract), the Samsung H1 handset has been specially built around Vodafone 360 Designed to be a Contact-Centric Connectivity aid, the H1 handset has a completely different approach to how mobile phones work

Despite a few minor setbacks, this phone is definitely worth the money overall The media applications are undeniably impressive, and the glossy finish is one to admire

Following on from the high end N97 announced earlier, Nokia have produced the N97 Mini - a smaller, lighter version of the N97 with less internal memory, smaller display and battery, at a not-much-smaller price Nokia appears to be focusing on optimisation with this series of phones rather than announcing new features

If you have an Acer PC under your desk, you will look upon the first ever mobile phone (released April 2009) offering by the computer giant with more than a little interest At first glance it very like the E-TEN (which Acer recently bought) smartphone, leading to thoughts that Acer has simply bought the company for the purposes of rebranding a product and making an entrance into the mobile phone arena As first entry the Acer DX900 is not a bad handset, offering good features as well as duel SIM capability

Sprint is currently offering a limited service of 4G to some states in the USA The past few years have seen the technological development that surrounds mobile phones propel to new levels New features have been introduced that have since become standard and include faster Internet connectivity, email services, social-networking and the opportunity for your mobile phone to double up as a camera, a music player or both

Touch screens, touch screens, touch screens