According to latest from Gartner

Phones will be the most popular web browsers by 2013

The latest forecast from the analysts at Gartner shows that mobile phones are set to overtake PCs as the most common web browsing device by 2013.

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Vodafone-only for next month

Samsung Genio Slide – touch and keyboard

The Samsung Genio Slide has arrived in the UK, with the youth targeted handset exclusive to Vodafone for the first month.

Samsung’s Genio Slide – AKA Samsung Genio Pro – has a full slide out QWERTY keyboard and, according to the press release, is ‘aimed at the youth market’.

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£3 a month for duration of contract

Vodafone – sat nav bolt-on

Vodafone has launched a Navigation App for the iPhone, offering turn-by-turn instructions for an extra £3 a month on your contract.

The Vodafone Navigation App is available for free, although to get access to the information needed to run it you will need to be a Vodafone customer and pay either £3 a month for the duration of your contract, or £5 month by month.

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Magic Mouse-a-like tech and a better camera

iPhone case getting all jazzed up?

Clamouring for more on the next iPhone? Well here’s the latest rumour-bomb: the iPhone 4G (as it’s being dubbed) might come with a touch sensitive casing.

This means Magic Mouse-like multi-touch technology covering its body – making it an awesome way to navigate through the iPhone.

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First week apparently very disappointing

Google Android sales not as high as hoped?

Google’s first phone, the Nexus One, has apparently sold only 20,000 units in its first week on sale.

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Spica to launch in UK with next-gen version too?

Samsung Galaxy to get Android overhaul

Samsung is planning to upgrade all two of its European Android phones to the latest Android 2.0 software next month.

Well, we say latest – Google’s Nexus One uses 2.1, but that’s stuck on that device for now, leaving the rest to play around with the (still pretty cool) 2.0 clair option.

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Set to add to its budget range

The Samsung Corby Folder

Samsung’s plans to stay at the cutting-edge of the low cost handset market look like continuing after press shots of the Corby Folder leaked out.

The new phone, which is shown for the Korean market, but would likely be re-released under a new name for the UK, is a low cost clamshell design.

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