This month in Smartphone Essentials magazine we’re casting our eyes over Apple’s latest creation, the iPad

With the Android Market you have thousands of third party apps available to expand the capabilities of your smartphone

Side by side, the new Nokia N97 mini and older N97 aren’t obviously different – the N97 mini’s screen is a little smaller (3.2” rather than 3.5”), and it’s a couple of millimetres shorter and thinner – but it’s tempting to wonder why Nokia bothered to create a new variant

The original BlackBerry Bold got heads turning thanks to its snazzy looks and superbly ergonomic keyboard

You can always tell a platform has truly ‘arrived’ when the first adult titles start showing up

The Desk Genie is a multi-talented non-slip charging desk stand

A wire-free listening experience for any device instantly gives it portability and appeal

The BlackBerry isn’t exactly bursting with quality racers, so BMW Racing is certainly to be welcomed

Busses

One of Capcom’s finest arcade games makes it to iPhone and although playable enough, it’s something of a missed opportunity

Garmin’s early attempts at moving into the smartphone market were not wholly successful, but things are looking up thanks to their long rumoured move to the Android OS

Although not a smartphone the Archos 5 Internet Tablet is of interest to smartphone watchers as an example of a device based on the truly open source version of Android: in other words, an Android device without Google