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HTC Hero

With excellent web browsing, email and access to apps, the HTC Hero is one of the few mobiles to truly challenge the iPhone this year.

If you want an affordable Android smartphone, the Tattoo will fit the bill. Power users should look elsewhere.

Samsung Ultra S (S7350)

The Ultra S is the best Samsung phone in this price range. Anyone looking for decent phone features and an excellent camera should check out the Ultra S, especially lovers of pink.
LG Xenon

Matching a touchscreen with a full-QWERTY keyboard at this price point is fantastic. Anyone looking to make their cyber-life mobile should check out the Xenon.
Sony Ericsson W995

The W995 under-performs where it counts. The screen is small and of a low-resolution, the web browser doesn't inspire web browsing, and worst of all, the W995 is just too expensive.
Samsung UltraTouch (S8300)

Its camera is great and the screen looks amazing, but the UltraTouch is not a knockout. It's a weird mix of business looks, average apps and dodgy performance, and we just can't tell who exactly Samsung is trying to sell it to.
Samsung F480

The F480 looks like an Omnia, works like an iPhone and may be the best phone for accessing Next G services, like Foxtel TV.
Sony Ericsson C905

The Sony Ericsson C905 is a very good phone with a decent camera, but don't expect this to be the model that has you selling your stand-alone camera on eBay.
Nokia N96

It's a little slimmer and it has loads of storage, but Nokia's latest flagship model has little to justify its top-shelf price tag.
HTC Touch Pro

The Touch Pro is a step in the right direction for HTC. It's still a bit sluggish but overall it performs better than the Diamond, plus the keyboard is a winning touch.

CNET's mega touchscreen showdown

Choosing a touchscreen smartphone is getting more and more difficult, with fierce competition delivering excellent new features to the super desirable handsets. Which phone will stand out as the best touchscreen smartphone?
Best mobile phones of 2006

During the course of 2006, better cameras were built into handsets, fashion phones battled it out on the catwalk, GPS and Wi-Fi integration became common, and advances in mobile networks saw faster downloads for content.

Samsung Beat DJ: DJing on your phone?!

Samsung hopes you'll actually play disc jockey with the Beat DJ, scratching tunes with the touchscreen.
800MHz ASUS smartphone is now official

News broke of ASUS' upcoming 800MHz handheld a couple of months back, and now the Taiwanese company has finally made it official.
Nokia unveils 'Tubular' 5800 touch phone

Nokia today announced its latest XpressMusic mobile handset, the long-awaited 5800 XpressMusic touchscreen phone, known originally as the Nokia Tube.
Nokia Tube appears in The Dark Knight?

Have you seen the new Batman movie, the Dark Knight?. Did you notice a very intriguing touchscreen handset, a new phone that may or may not be the secret Nokia Tube?

Tiny sites: a guide to the mobile Web

Tug on your boardies, slap zinc on your nose and let CNET.com.au guide you through the wonderful world of mobile Web surfing.