The iPhone is the undisputed leader in smartphone gaming. But how do the other mobile platforms compare? We take a look?

With tens of thousands of apps available for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Nokia, it is easy to fill your device with tools for pretty much any function. Some will be used often; others will go completely untouched. But there is also a small group of apps that not only get used the most, but that you instinctively reach for no matter where you. The apps you simply could not live without.

Smartphone Essentials issue 104 has gone on sale, with a look at the best phones in the world, plus a hands-on with the Dell Streak.

Leading satnav and mobile gadget retailer GPSforless is set for a major rebrand next month. The new business, Ultmate-Mobiles, will see the company’s three current brands – ultimate-netbooks, ultimate-travelgear and GPSforless – be combined under the same name.

O2 has launched a full range of BlackBerry smartphones for its pay as you go customers.

Choosing a smartphone is not getting easier, but it is getting a lot more fun. There are so many amazing models from Apple, Nokia, HTC, Palm, and dozens of other companies, so many options, and so many sizes and specs available. Some emphasize media playback and the camera, others have a spacious keypad for typing up long memos to your boss. The trick: finding that one model that suits your primary needs. It’s often easy to start with the phone and then explain who can use it, but we have taken the reverse approach — you have a need; here are the phones that match your strongest preference.

Smartphone accessories can greatly improve your mobile experience if you choose good quality products, and more importantly ones which help you to do more when out and about

With more than 70,000 apps in the Android Market it can be hard to find the really good stuff

The IDAPT i4 universal charger is the perfect way to charge all your mobile devices

Proporta is to give iPhone 4 users not impressed with the free bumper they receive from Apple a discount on a case more to their liking

In Smartphone Essentials issue 104 we give you our full verdict on the new iPhone

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