Once you've tasted the freedom of surfing the Internet on your smartphones, it's hard to go back. Fortunately, a number of mobile phone providers offer great deals on smartphones with included data. We've assessed their ease of use, features and handset design.

A relatively lightweight Windows Mobile phone with most of the bells and whistles, but not the outlandish $1,000 price tag.

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

HTC’s long-awaited Shift is finally here, but despite valiant efforts it fails to revitalise the UMPC template

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

It's official - flip phones are out, and touch phones are in, as shown by this week's major launch of a new crop of phones by Samsung, as it goes in to battle with the iPhone.

The new handset takes on Nokia E71 and BlackBerry Bold, with touschscreen, WiFi and QWERTY keyboard..

We are not Apple copy cats, says senior Microsoft executive, putting down suggestion of an MS version of the iPhone.

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.

Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) is placing many systems at risk of attack because networking software has IPv6 enabled but users don't know it, warns a security researcher.

It's not for meetings, it's for meeting up. If you don't like the bulk of a Treo, here's your smartphone.

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

Not everyone is sold on Windows Mobile Professional, but if you're a fan, then Samsung's latest QWERTY phone is worth a look. We size up the Samsung i780 with Blackberry's Bold to see how they fair.

HTC's new Blackberry killer arrives on our desk, and it's every bit the showoff we thought it would be - and that's mean as a compliment.

No high-speed internet or bells and whistles, but an easy-to-use and pocketable email phone nonetheless