Another new “Blue Tick” handset designed for better reception in rural and regional areas has been unveiled by Telstra, and it’s the musically capable Sony Ericsson W508 sporting Telstra’s custom designed “TelstraOne Experience”.

Motorola has announced a pair of handheld computers specifically for the Asia-Pacific market.

Having heard what Apple's brewing for the iPhone 3.0 software, the rumour mill is turning to hardware features expected in 2009's next-generation iPhone.

Smartphones and building sites don't mix very well unless you're prepared to spring for insurance against accidental damage - apart from anything else, those large screens are easily broken. But i-mate thinks it has the answer in the form of a new handset dubbed the 810-F.

Korean electronics giant LG Electronics has developed what the company claims is the first 4G handset modem chip based on 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology standards. The chip can theoretically support wireless download speeds of 100Mbps and upload speeds of 50Mbps.

Although data “calls” on 21Mbps networks and equipment have been made in the labs and in demonstrations, Australia is the first place in the world where such a call has been made on a commercial, deployed 21Mbps eHSPA network, with a full commercial launch due early 2009.

If you thought the 5800 was Nokia’s iPhone clone, the long awaited N-Series version of the 5800 has been outed today at Nokia World in Barcelona, and it’s the N97! Coming with some serious specs including a slide out QWERTY keyboard, the only downside is the 4-6 month wait in mid 2009 before consumers can buy them.

Telstra’s Next G network is getting some of the hottest new phones, and wouldn’t you know it, it’s just in time for Christmas. From a new version of Telstra’s “Country Phone”, a new “simple” phone, to the top new handsets from Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung, Telstra’s hoping your next phone will be on Next G.

The latest salvo in the prepaid wireless broadband war has erupted with 3 Mobile’s new prepaid wireless broadband offer, bringing an option that has a year before expiry and a data rollover option that ensures unused data doesn’t go to waste – unlike competitors.

While HTC’s Touch range has worked hard to bring iPhone like gestures and graphics to the Windows Mobile platform, Samsung’s Omnia is far more ambitious, comes with a much higher feature spec, and thanks to Windows is much more open.