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Telstra has launched NTT DoCoMo's mobile phone service i-mode in Australia, a multimedia service proving popular with consumers overseas.

This year's CeBIT was a mecca for demonstration and discussion of technology. Here are some of the highlights.

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.

Four handsets based on LiMo specification.

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