The 2009 Consumer Electronic Show has just kicked off in Las Vegas, and among the gadgety goodness getting its debut is a triple threat of new Motorola handsets, each of which is interesting in its own way.

First up is the Surf A3100, a rounded, pebble-shaped phone running Windows Mobile 6.1 and sporting a 2.8-inch touchscreen. Also on board is assisted GPS, HSDPA 3G offering up to 7.2Mbps download speeds, Wi-Fi, stereo Bluetooth and a 3-megapixel camera, plus support for microSD cards up 32GB capacity.

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Right now, touch phones at prepay budget end of the mobile spectrum are as thin on the ground as Bobby Charlton’s comb over. Ferret around and you could pick up the LG KU990 Viewty and Samsung F480 Tocco for around 150 smackers but in these credit crunch times even this reasonable price tag puts a strain on the wallet. So, the arrival of the first sub £100 pay-as-you-go touch phone, LG KP500 Cookie, couldn’t be more perfectly timed. Continue reading…

HTC handsets have always had that business-like grace about them in the same way BlackBerry devices have up to now, they are more than capable devices but not fully mainstream, well not like the Nokia’s and now the iPhones of this world.

If only HTC would crow a little more about their handsets they would be onto a sure fire winner in the form of the HTC Touch HD. It’s got more than a capable armoury to give Apple a run for its cash, such as a better camera, video capture and an intuitive TouchFLO interface. So, what else?

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The world’s most popular VoIP client, Skype, has popped up in many mobile guises but never before on mainstream handsets – until now.

Learn how to finally make cheap and free international calls on the fly with this sparkly new mobile app.

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