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  Heading for the finnish line

  B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 17/01/2010

  » Although the sands are shifting under the mobile phone market, Nokia still manages to hold on to the No1 handset manufacturer slot despite its eroding market share (about 38%).

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  Brains and Brawn

  B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 21/02/2010

  » Samsung recently released the Omnia Pro B7610, landing with an oversized thud squarely in the slide-out keyboard, touch screen class of phones. Most manufacturers are still making a sliding qwerty model, and although the units have oversized dimensions by their nature, the trade-off is enhanced usability, which seems strange in a market obsessed with compactness.

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  Is it a bird, Is it a plane?

  B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 07/03/2010

  » Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer, by far, released the highly anticipated N900 in Thailand recently to much expectation. The highly competitive smartphone market is now about more than just specs and aesthetics. Nokia has rolled out a new operating system on the N900, which seems more like an internet tablet than a phone, perhaps hinting at a sign of things to come. Let's take a closer look.

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  Beam me up, Sony

  B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 11/04/2010

  » Sony Ericsson has rolled out its second attempt at a touch screeen smartphone in the shape of the new, futuristic-looking Vivaz. The company has always focused on the music and photo capabilities of its phones, and the Vivaz is no exception, flaunting HD video capability.

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  Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe

  Richard Mcleish, Published on 25/04/2010

  » The mobile phone market seems to be reaching saturation point with the daunting array of different models on offer, and many people leave shops with the wrong advice and handsets.

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  Staying in Touch

  B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 16/05/2010

  » Politics aside, the Thai smartphone market is still seeing red. RIM will desperately be trying to hold off Apple's resurgence in the next few months as its main competitor rolls out the much-anticipated new operating system for its iPhone, iPod touch and iPad - OS 4. The new BlackBerry Storm 2 is RIM's second attempt at an iPhone killer, after the widely acknowledged failure of the original Storm that attempted to cash in on the winning aspect of iPhones - their sensitive touchable screen. But is it up to the task?

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  My Desire

  B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 20/06/2010

  » Following the trend of naming its phones after what sound like '80s rock bands (Hero, Tattoo, Snap), HTC has released its best smartphone yet in the Desire, giving the Apple camp something new to chew on. The launch had the benefit of avoiding the media hoop-la that the Nexus One fell victim to, and has been getting nothing but praise on the internet. Employing the latest Android platform, the Desire emerges as the brother of the HTC Legend, released to acclaim earlier this month, and the similar but superior twin of the Nexus One that materialised in January.

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  RIM throws a new Curve ball

  B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 03/10/2010

  » The strategy employed by RIM with the release of its latest BlackBerry Curve 3G, the 9300, is obvious. It is hoping to recapture some of the spotlight from the arrival of the Apple iPhone 4, which was released recently in Thailand.

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  The battle of the Tabs

  B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 17/10/2010

  » This year seems to have become the year of the tablet, with Apple, RIM, Samsung and a host of others vying with each other to capture the majority of this reinvigorated and booming market.

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  Finding touch

  B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 14/11/2010

  » The Apple iPod touch has been the clear leader in the portable media player stakes since its release in 2007, so it might have been an opportunity for Apple to invest its resources elsewhere more recently. But the new touch 4G indicates that the manufacturer has been doing anything but resting on its laurels.

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