The Samsung Galaxy Spica is not a good advertisement for Google's Android Samsung’s Galaxy Spica boasts the Android OS and a heap of solid specs under its hood but the handset is a poorly-designed disappointment, says Adam Maguire. Technology giant Samsung has done extremely well in the touchscreen phone market to date ...

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Palm's Pre is good but not great Palm’s long-awaited ‘iPhone killer’ has finally hit Irish shores and while it is a likeable phone in many ways it fails to pack a punch that would threaten Apple or Nokia. Palm was once the king of the personal digital assistant (PDA) but unfortunately for ...

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Nokia's E75 The Nokia E75 adds a touch of style and personality to the hum-drum business phone but Symbian operating system could have done with the same kind of makeover. A welcome break from a world seemingly full of touchscreens, the Nokia E75 is one of the latest phones by the ...

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The Nokia MusicXpress 5800 Nokia’s MusicXpress 5800 is a good touchscreen debut by the Finnish company but it fails to do anything really well. The long awaited response by Nokia to iPhone, the 5800 is an uglier but far more feature-laden touch-based device than Apple’s. The phone offers users an mp3 player, ...

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The Blackberry Curve 8900 One of a number of handsets created in reaction to Nokia and Apple’s advances on the premium business phone space, the Curve 8900 fails at every turn to make itself a device worth having. The Blackberry brand has always been associated with businessmen and e-mail junkies, something that ...

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Nokia's E71 Smartphone Sitting somewhere in between Apple’s iPhone and RIM’s Blackberry in terms of looks, the Nokia E71 offers practically every function you could wish for in one device but is hindered by its minuscule keyboard. Nokia is no stranger to business phones, in fact nearly half of all smart-phones sold ...

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HTC TyTN II Despite being a cumbersome smartphone laden with the rather unintuitive Windows Mobile operating system, HTC’s TyTN II (aka Kaiser) manages to somewhat redeem itself against the odds thanks to its versatility and sheer range of purpose. With so many touch-screen smartphones hitting the market in response to Apple’s well-received ...

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As I mentioned the other day, Three have given me a nice new Nokia E71 to replace the N96.I've only had the phone for a few days, but ...

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Great webapp for syncing GCal to my Nokia N95 OTA or on WIfi. Works with Goog Apps, unlike most. Pity GCal hasn't To-Dos.

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Pureplay readers will know that I have been indecisive for a while on the subject of a mobile device. 2 weeks ago I finally made a decision - rather than go ...

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