Or whatever you like to call them

More updates from 2008 International CES are coming through - this time on some of the mobile phone handsets being launched by the likes of Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Samsung. As always, it’s unsure how many of the good ones will slip on through to Australia, but CNET has some great reviews of what they’ve seen so far.

Motorola: are launching about four different mobile phones:

• the jazzy Z10
• the W230 and W270
• and the Rokr E8 - a vast improvement from the E1 model.

Moto fan’s appear as loyal as iPod owners. Punters seem to either love or hate the Moto’s; and both sides of the fence are quite passionate. You hear of quite a few hiccups some owners have, but in the eyes of the fans - they can do no wrong. Would this be a fair assumption?

Sony Ericsson: There’s also more on the Walkman stage from Sony Ericsson. Phones with high end MP3 & music players are definitely becoming more and more popular amongst the manufacturers.

Of course, with technology, comes price! You have to start wondering which models Mums and Dads will have to buy their younger children, just for security purposes - as there’s very few basic phones produced these days. If anyone would like to let us know of good options, feel free to do so

Samsung: On the other end of the price scale no doubt, and if it’s celebrity status you’re after, don’t miss Samsung’s offering.

CNET.com.au has great indepth coverage of all the gadgets live from CES 2008 - so check out their site.

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