Black phones

The decline of Nokia is well documented, and many have offered their opinions on what Nokia needs to do to reclaim the number one spot in the mobile industry. For their part, Nokia decided to throw their hat into the ring with the Windows Phone operating system, and one of the first devices of that collaboration is the Nokia Lumia 800. There is a lot of expectation on the Lumia 800; being the first smartphone, along with the Lumia 710 to be officially released running the Windows phone OS, many were wondering whether the device had enough about it to entice...

The trend with smartphones these days is for ever bigger handsets, allowing manufacturers to include large screens that are more suitable for multimedia viewing. One such device from the HTC range is the HTC Sensation XL. The Sensation XL sports a very large 4.7 inch, S-LCD capacitive touchscreen display, housed in a unibody casing that measures 132.5 x 70.7 x 9.9mm. Almost every available space on the Sensation XL is taken up with the display, which expands to the very edges of the phone, with just a small strip at the top for the speaker, proximity sensor and front facing camera,...

After months of speculation and rumour, we finally saw the unveiling of the newest addition to the iPhone family last Tuesday, with the introduction of the iPhone 4S. The device received a cool welcome from some quarters, with more than a few Apple fans disappointed not to see a complete overhaul, and radical new design, with the iPhone 5. To be fair to Apple they never once gave any indication that such a device would be offered, indeed, Apple made a very good job at keeping the details of the latest iPhone under wraps until launch day. The iPhone 4S is physically...