Nokia has chosen to give the world its first chance to try out the Nokia N8 at IFA, Europe's largest consumer electronics trade show. Dragan Petrick put this high-end smartphone though its paces, and while he liked the 12 megapixel camera, he was less pleased with the Symbian^3 operating system.

IFA, the biggest consumer electronics show in Europe, is going on now. One of the biggest announcements is the Toshiba Folio 100, an Android OS-based tablet with a 10-inch display. Dragan Petric from Brighthand's sister site TabletPCReview was able to try out this upcoming model.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced a few days ago that iOS 4.1 will be released next week, but he didn't say exactly when. Apple UK has reveled that this upgrade is going to be introduced on Wednesday, Sept. 8.

The Samsung Fascinate is going to be released by Verizon in the near future, but this carrier is still keeping some of the details of this high-end Android OS smartphone secret. Despite these attempts, much of this information has leaked out, including the price.

At the beginning of each month, Brighthand publishes a list of the smartphones that readers have shown the most interest in during the preceding four weeks. Not surprisingly, August's list is mostly dominated by the high-end models that debuted this summer.

The first smartphones running Windows Phone 7 will be released later this year. Brighthand's Ed Hardy got some time with a pre-release version of this operating system, and brings us his early impressions.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab was officially unveiled at the IFA tradeshow in Berlin yesterday, where Dragan Petric from Brighthand's sister site TabletPCReview got a chance to test out this upcoming Android OS tablet with a 7-inch display.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab was officially unveiled at the IFA tradeshow in Berlin yesterday, where Dragan Petric from Brighthand's sister site TabletPCReview got a chance to test out this upcoming Android OS tablet with a 7-inch display.

The Samsung Epic 4G debuted earlier this week. The regular price for this high-end Android smartphone with WiMAX is $250, but new Sprint customers can get it for less.

T-Mobile briefly posted some additional details about the upcoming T-Mobile G2 on its website, but has since removed the page. It revealed that this smartphone is going to run Android OS 2.2 on an 800 MHz processor.

Skyfire has submitted a mobile browser to Apples App Store that is capable of playing Flash video. It is up to Apple to decide if it wants to release an app that will compete with its own Safari browser.

Microsoft has essentially finished work on Windows Phone 7, and this new operating system has been released to the companies that will use it in smartphones. The first devices running it will be released later this year.

The T-Mobile G2 is in an unusual situation: T-Mobile officially announced this Android OS smartphone last month, but has revealed almost no details about it. Quite a bit of information has leaked out, however, the latest being the price.

The T-Mobile G2 is in an unusual situation: T-Mobile officially announced this Android OS smartphone last month, but has revealed almost no details about it. Quite a bit of information has leaked out, however, the latest being the price.

Apple's CEO has just officially unveiled the fourth-generation iPod touch. As many had expected, this handheld computer is going to sport many of the features that debuted in the iPhone 4, including a very high resolution display and dual cameras.

Steve Jobs, speaking at an event in San Francisco today, has just officially announced iOS 4.1, an upcoming update for Apple's operating system for the iPhone and iPod touch. This company's CEO also gave a sneak peek at iOS 4.2, which will bring new features to the iPad.

Motorola has just taken the wraps off the Milestone 2, the European version of the Motorola Droid 2. As such, this smartphone is going to run Android OS 2.2 on a 1 GHz processor, and have a 3.7-inch touchscreen and sliding keyboard.

The T-Mobile G2 has been pre-announced, but few details of this model have been revealed. Nevertheless, quite a bit of information has come out through unofficial means. This now includes several pictures off T-Mobile's own servers.

Palm is hard at work on the next version of the webOS, and has just announced what many of the most significant changes will be. These include stacks of cards, "Just Type", and developer access to Synergy.

IFA, the largest consumer electronics trade show in Europe will officially commence in Berlin this Friday. At this point, it is looking as if tablets running Google's Android OS 2.2 are going to be the star of the show.