Garmin may be famed only for its satnav devices, but this year it’s set to make an assault on the mobile phone market with not one but two communications devices.

First up is the Nuvifone, which was first announced last year but has been off the radar for months. It’s a touchscreen device with few physical buttons and will apparently meld iPhone-style usability with full-on Garmin satnav skills. It was originally due to go on sale towards the end of 2008, but will now launch in the second half of 2009. This could be the holy grail of satnav phones, though, so it could be well worth the wait.

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RIM’s mondo hype generating debut BlackBerry touch phone, the Storm, is a curious beast. Instead of trying to match the every multi-touch move of the pioneering iPhone like its ticklish rivals, the LG Renoir, Samsung M8800 Pixon and T-Mobile G1, this smartphone has taken its own unique path to touch glory. The boys in the BlackBerry labs have conjured the first ever clickable touch sensitive screen.

Clickable touchscreen? It just doesn’t sound right. Perhaps RIM is trying to appease a generation of phone punters weaned on a mechanised world and are hesitant to join this new touchie-feely revolution. But, whatever the reason, this unorthodox approach actually plays out rather intuitively.

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You’d be forgiven for thinking the Sony Ericsson W350i was ashamed of its mobile roots. Gone are the numbered keys and in come proper MP3 style buttons. But open it up and it’s clear where the W350i’s allegiance lies.

Make no funnybones about it, the W350i strikes as an MP3 player wanting to be a phone than vice versa. But for those with entertainment and keeping in touch on the agenda the W350i proves an able performer in both skills.

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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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