A great keyboard, wonderful screen and loads of features, but battery life is weak and it’s a touch pricey

Excellent touches promise so much, including a great screen and browser, but in use it’s unbearably slow

Apple is normally known for fancy packaging, but it seems HTC has added a touch of class to the HTC Touch Diamond experience with this mysterious 6-sided black box. Check out our exclusive photo gallery of the unboxing.

It's got the download speeds, the interface, services like Mobile Foxtel, and it's one of the first phones in the world with Windows Mobile 6.1. Is there a catch? Well, maybe.

Good news if you splashed out on this iPhone rival. Annoying lag issues which we hammered the HTC Touch Diamond for are alleviated by a new ROM update.

Slim, sleek, powerful and good value, but poor battery life rules this phone out of the running

New design and slick new features make HTC's latest effort a proper iPhone–baiter

Finger's crossed, but we're hoping the keyboard equipped HTC Touch Pro, due to arrive later this month, has none of the lag issues of the Touch Diamond.

Well made, lots of goodies and an improved interface make this the best touch-only phone from HTC so far.

HTC yesterday announced three new Windows Mobile-based smartphones, and we got hands-on time with them

Analysts at Gartner have got all excited about the fact that carbon chips are now ready for mass production.

Touch Diamond first to use Windows 6.1, and will feature 3D weather reports with raindrops and lightning onscreen. Oh, and a little feature called 3G.

Killer new design and features to make you weep – HTC is set to destroy every business player with the new Touch Pro 2

A powerful phone with a superb keyboard, but it’s simply too costly to win an award

Samsung's latest, the F480, boasts a impressive vibration assisted 5MP camera and debuts the new TouchWiz software, a more intuitive interface for drag and drop applications.

One of the very best multichannel speaker systems around. If you’ve the space and cash, it has to be heard

One of the very best multichannel speaker systems around. If you’ve the space and cash, it has to be heard

Finally, a netbook with a real keyboard. The Acer Aspire One A0751 also boasts an iPhone style multi-gesture touchpad and a stylish 16:9 HD display. Is this the end of cramped typing?

A capable and beautifully designed smartphone, but weaker battery life means it can’t match the E71

The Ultimate 9502 is a heavy, chunkier unit that boasts some useful improvements over its predecessor, including classier Foxtel Mobile viewing thanks to better resolution.