Compared to large brands in the mobile phone market, such as Nokia and Samsung, LG certainly has some catching up to do when it comes to the worldwide market share. However, there does seem to be some growth. The mobile phones by LG are gradually becoming more popular and the consumer seems to have increasing faith in LG. Design and functionality are LG's keywords. LG differentiates itself by always applying its own operating system on mobile phones; and never Windows Mobile or Symbian used by other brands.

• Read our full LG KF750 Secret review.

The Nokia Supernova series adds a number of colorful mobile phones to the Finnish company’s assortment. Low-budget as well as mid-end mobile phones are available in this new series. ‘Supernova’ is an unexpected choice for the name of a mobile phone line. Supernova stems from astronomy and relates to an impressive explosion of a star during which a lot of light is freed. With the Supernova series, Nokia tries to attract the trend-sensitive consumer who wants to show his or her personality through his/her mobile phone. The phones have colorful designs and some of them even have a very bold design.

• Read our full Nokia Supernova review.

Nowadays, it seems to have become a trend to launch a new model mobile phone with both a type number and a real name. Just like many other brands, Samsung too gives its new mobile phones a genuine name. Recently, we have seen this happening with the Samsung INNOV8, the Samsung OMNIA, and now once again with the Samsung Pixon. In addition to a more positive feeling, this name-giving also offers information about the cell phone, unlike a type number. Pixon naturally refers to the integrated 8 Megapixel digital camera.

• Read our full Samsung Pixon review.

The Renoir KC910 smartphone is LG’s latest trump. It is a multi-functional touchscreen handset, facilitating the daily life of corporate and private users alike. The phone has a neat and up-to-date appearance and the menu structure of the LG Renoir has been transformed. Full Internet access, Email, aGPS, 8 Megapixel digital camera and video telephony are some of the functions on this versatile mobile phone.

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A mobile phone and digital photography have become so intertwined over the past few years, that there's no possibility of ever separating them again. A camera simply belongs on a cell phone. It started several years ago with a simple VGA camera, after which it soon became possible to shoot high resolution pictures with a mobile phone. Of course, this is partially marketing strategy; as sometimes, cameras with lesser specifications do turn out to take better pictures. This is because the quality not only depends on the amount of megapixels the camera offers. It's obvious we're in for some surprises as far as cameras inside mobile phones are concerned.

• Read our full Samsung INNOV8 review.

A new introduction of a mobile phone is always an event of great importance. Samsung is aware of this fact and usually a launch party is arranged in order to introduce a new product. Samsung Netherlands launched the Omnia in "Huis ter Duin" in Noordwijk, the "home" of the Dutch football team, as the football enthusiasts among us will probably know. And famous were the people gathered for the introduction of the Samsung Omnia i900. The handset was originally sold as a special Millionaire Pack, including a copy of the Millionaire magazine, a pouch and a Bluetooth headset.

• Read our Samsung Omnia review.

Communication is simply part of today’s world. Particularly the demand for devices that combine all forms of communication; the so-called smartphones, increases. Within a couple of years only, HTC grew to become a dominating smartphone brand. Where HTC primarily aimed at the corporate market with its handsets at first, the company nowadays also aims at the private phone market. The HTC S740 smartphone again is a good example of this. The handset is compact, yet enhanced when it comes to functionality. The mobile phone features Wi-Fi, HSDPA, GPS, Bluetooth, a 3.2 Megapixel camera and Office Mobile, among other things.

• Read our HTC S740 smartphone review.

Beside producing flash memory cards SanDisk has lately obviously also been focusing on producing MP3 players. The SanDisk Sansa Series was launched into the market in one sudden blow, and the Fuze is already the next gem in this series. The Sansa Fuze supposedly features an improved interface compared to its predecessor, the Sansa View, as well as an improved operating system to get this MP3 player ready to battle the third Apple iPod Nano generation. We are curious to see if the Sansa Fuze is able to go the extra mile and become the differentiated product of SanDisk.

• Read our SanDisk Sansa Fuze review.

Creative Labs Europe, founded in 1993, is famous for its Zen media players and its excellent sound Technologies. Creative keeps on surprising; again with the new Zen X-Fi, the first media player with integrated X-Fi technologies. According to Creative, listening to music on the Zen X-Fi becomes a genuine experience. Whether that is true will become clear from the test. And as if X-Fi isn’t already enough, also Wi-Fi is available on the Zen. From the moment the Zen X-Fi was placed in the market, it already won several Awards.

• Read our full Creative ZEN X-Fi review.

The time a business mobile phone was simple and boring is in the past. Business and private are being united. The genuine corporate mobile companies such as the BlackBerry creators, aim more and more at the private user, whilst Samsung and Nokia in turn serve the business user. Nokia serves the business user with their E-series. In addition to a compact slider, the E66, Nokia has introduced the E71. Nokia business phones have a neat design and feature many functionalities. That's the reason more and more private phone users end up going for a business mobile phone.

• Read our full Nokia E71 review.