Mobile phone round-ups

  • Best in-car Bluetooth hands-free kits

    12 Nov 2009 4:43 PM

    It's illegal to hold a mobile phone and drive; we pick the best Bluetooth hands-free car kits, so you can inform friends that you'll be late or chat about what so-and-so is doing with you-know-who and not be nabbed by the boys and gals in blue.

  • Best FM transmitters for the car

    12 Nov 2009 10:39 AM

    Not all iPod FM transmitters are created equal — some have dodgy cradles that fling your iPod around the cabin, others roll over at the first sign of interference. We pick three of the best, so you have your tunes everywhere you drive.

  • Tough products you can take outdoors

    10 Nov 2009 4:24 PM

    Check out our round-up of ruggedised phones, cameras and laptops that have been built to last in tough environments.

  • Best GPS-enabled mobile phones

    04 Nov 2009 3:32 PM

    While it could be argued they're not as robust as in-car sat-navs, these GPS-enabled mobile phones can help you find your bearings when you're on the move.

  • Hands-free heaven: Bluetooth headset round-up

    03 Nov 2009 11:41 AM

    Bluetooth headsets are the way to go for anyone spending a lot of time chatting on a mobile. We look at four top contenders.

  • iPhone GPS navigation apps

    27 Oct 2009 5:32 PM

    We rank the GPS navigation apps available for the iPhone from best to worst.

  • Best portable mobile phone speakers

    23 Oct 2009 2:40 PM

    People love sharing their music when they are out and about. We check out the best portable speakers to use with your music-playing mobile phone.

  • Best budget mobile phones

    22 Oct 2009 3:45 PM

    While sales for smartphones rise, there will still be an enduring market of people looking for simple phones that do the basics well.

  • Top 5 camera phones

    06 Oct 2009 2:16 PM

    These mobiles aren't just great phones, they are excellent cameras as well. And they're not your low-res cameras either, but multi-megapixel wonders.

  • Best touchscreen mobile phones

    01 Oct 2009 2:30 PM

    In the good old days we'd let our fingers do the walking when using the Yellow Pages. These days our fingers do a lot more with our mobile phones.

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