Much like the PC and component market, mobile phones have a product lifecycle that changes so rapidly it's hard to keep up. Panasonic has stayed with their tried and true clamshell design, first made popular by the GD88 and continued with the X700. This handset turns their previous generations upside down, offering Panasonic's first smart phone based on Symbian OS version 7.0.

Packed with features, but the keyboard is terrible and the touch-enabled OS confusing.

A phone that's bursting at the seams with extras; possibly too many for its own good.

It’s not hard for other models to leave this one in the dust.

One of the best combinations of design and function in a smartphone we've seen for some time.

A snappy performer, but let down by a fiddly keyboard.

Plenty of modern phones support email, of course, but what always made BlackBerry special was its push technology. With this, you don't need to dial up to collect your email: just sit back and wait for the messages to come to you. Wherever you are, if an urgent email comes through to any of your email addresses -- and the 7100v supports up to 10 -- you can act on it instantly.

Never judge a book by its cover, they say, and nowhere does this apply better than to the Nokia 9210i Communicator.

A stylish mobile way to access the web, but it’s crying out for mobile data capability.

All the nuances of the new Nokia N series at a more consumer grade level.

This isn’t the phone that you buy for the menial task of calling people.

Ah, convergence. This Nokia shows that if you throw enough technology at any one device, you can replace a few others.

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

A well-featured package with some unusual tricks that falls just short of a first-rate performance.

Nokia turns out a camera phone we'd be happy to ditch our digital camera for. Check out the pics, and our first impressions.

The pics are the best we've ever seen from a camera phone. Nokia's N82 springs to the top of our "phones that will replace your camera" list.

A compact keyboard can’t make up for the confusing interface.

A well-rounded business phone that’s far smarter than it looks, offering 3G, Wi-Fi and more.

“There’s a thing in my pocket. But it’s not innuendo.”

This is the kind of phone that makes its owners roll off features and praise at you. It’s not perfect though.