One of Microsoft’s worst-kept secrets, the Microsoft KIN range consists of two new phones combined with a new Windows-based mobile platform that offers a highly integrated social networking and multimedia experience.
The most striking handset in the range in the KIN ONE, with a compact rounded square design and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
A more traditional layout is the KIN [...]

The First ELSE is a powerful smartphone from Emblaze Mobile, a company we first looked at a few years ago. At that time Emblaze were manufacturing low cost feature phones that sold fairly modestly. However, Emblaze was also working on a secret project called “Monolith” in conjunction with the Japanese company ACCESS. Now it appears that the “Monolith” has [...]

The MessagePhone QS150 and QS200 are two BlackBerry-style messaging devices aimed at emerging markets, pitched to sell at less than $100 for the cheapest version of the handset.
Although these two MessagePhone devices do support standard email protocols, the real thrust of the parent company Synchronica is to sell a complete package of handsets and supporting [...]

Garmin Asus’s first attempt at a mobile phone was a bit of a disaster, but undeterred they have pushed on with a number of different handsets, the most interesting of which is the Garmin Asus Garminfone also known as the Garminfone by T-Mobile. Exclusive to T-Mobile in the USA, the Garminfone brings all the advantages of specialist satellite [...]