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  • Samsung Jet joins Icon family

    Samsung Australia was expected to launch four handsets in its Icon range yesterday, but instead launched five, adding the Samsung Jet to the group of touchscreen devices on show.

  • Samsung plans Icon smartphones for Oz

    Samsung will launch four very different touchscreen smartphones under one name, calling them the Icon range.

  • Telstra debuts new mobiles

    Telstra today launched six new handsets on its Next G network, including two new Blue Tick phones; the F165i 'Country Phone' and the EasyTouch Discovery, or the 'Nanna phone' as we've affectionately dubbed it.

  • New Linux phone speeds up apps development

    The Linux mobile market is set to explode with the second open-source-based phone on sale over the Internet, opening the door for developers to build their own applications.

  • Mobile phone companies join forces on Linux

    Four mobile handset makers are teaming up with two mobile operators to develop a new Linux software platform for mobile devices.

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  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    Odd patents and the patently odd

    Today I'm taking a dip into the most interesting patents -- and patently silly ideas -- and what manner of messed-up services may be coming to your handset before too long, including the fertility phone, smellophone and Feng Shui phone.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Coming soon: Your mobile is on fire

    It's easy to sneer at notebook manufacturers while battery recalls seem to be a near-daily occurrence, but that's going to look like a minor issue if your mobile phone decides to catch fire in your shirt pocket.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Mene, mene, tekel, iPhone: What the finger hath wrought

    Keen news readers would have heard about the strong earthquake that rocked south-western Greece on Sunday. Fewer may have realised that the quake was not so much an act of God, as an act of Jobs.

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    O, for a PSP phone and some cheap data

    If you hang around mobile rumour sites then you may have heard the latest Chinese whisper doing the rounds -- Sony is making a PSP mobile phone all of its own.

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Reviews (124)

  • Samsung Galaxy Spica (i5700)

    On the surface the Spica looks like a very competent smartphone, but we're beginning to expect a lot more from manufacturers that take on Google's OS.

  • Samsung Galaxy Icon

    While we like the design, Samsung needs to do more with the software. Without customisation, Android's absent features are glaringly obvious.

  • Samsung Omnia Icon

    Its excellent multimedia support, storage and gorgeous display make the Omnia better for people who put pleasure before business.

  • Samsung HD Icon

    If you have a desktop hard drive full of media files that you wish you could take with you on the train to work, there is no better phone than the HD Icon.

  • Samsung Preston Icon

    The Preston has the look of a better handset, but poor call quality spoils an otherwise well-performing budget-priced touchscreen phone.

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