Since Nokia announced the N95/N93 availability in early 2007, gadget freeks across the ether have been demanding a sneak preview and photos. With an anticipated dual  slider design, a five mega pixel camera with manual focus and up to  4 GB of SD storage along with a new media control panel,  Slashphone correctly asks where this phone fits into Nokia's larger theme with the N9x series. Will it specialize in music, video or both? Let's see what clues these leaked pictures provide.

Yahoo and Motorola announced a partnership by which Yahoo's GoMobile moblogging software will be embedded on millions of Moto's handsets starting early 2007. When you consider that just the Razr has sold 50 million units in just over two years, you can see why this is such great news for Yahoo.

Ever wondered how your website looks when viewed over a PDA. This handy WAP emulator for T-Mobiles MDA/SDA smartphones lets you preview any website without having to own a Sidekick or Treo. The page also serves as a marketing tool for their "web and walk" mobile internet service and the MDA smartphone, first launched in the UK in late 2005. Go ahead - try it out!

Taking visually impaired users into consideration, Samsung Design China  won a global award at the 2006 Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) for its "Touch Messenger" system, which allows users to send and check text messages via an ingenious two piece braille keypad cellphone. Samsung intends to commercialize the product soon. Samsung's official press release states: "The “Touch Messenger” is a product designed by Samsung Design China based in Shanghai , China , a country with about 9 million visually impaired people. The product is assessed as a successful result of Samsung's global design strategy, That is, products suited for local needs and characteristics should be designed and planned by obtaining inspiration from local markets in countries around the world.

Mobile Brando in Hong Kong has released a 6x zoom lens compatible with Nokia 6680 abd 6230 models. The cellphone telescope lens replaces your standard camera lens and allows close ups and capturing of otherwise elusive shots. Be aware, that this contraption does increase the size of your phone considerably but for a mere $20 (US) you can certainly have the most looking unique phone around.

Energizers new battery-driven devices, known as Energi To Go, will include a two-battery cell phone charger and a four-battery power pack for audio and gaming devices. Energi To Go can power up a failing cell phone within 30 seconds and tip connectors are available for over a hundred models. Stay connected longer with this device.

Motorola Q vs the Palm Treo 700p. It's inevitable these devices be matched, both smartphones handling e-mail and attachments, high speed web access and enhanced camera and video functionality.  Although the Q is better priced (around $200 with a service contract) the Treo seems to lead based on user interface, higher multimedia functions and overall satisfaction.  Yes, it's cute but does that make it the best?

Mobile software developers  has released FlickR upload utility for Windows Mobile powered Smartphones under the name zipPhoto. With this utility you can take photos with your MS Smartphone device and upload them directly from your smartphone to your FlickR photo archiving service.

PhotoCoaster is an innovative Windows Mobile Smartphone application for sharing your still photos in a dynamic audio/video format. You take the pictures with your smartphone and the service takes care of the rest. Featuring free accounts and free hosting the software is incredibly easy to use and one of several high quality smartphone tools by Acrodesigntech.

Bloggie 1.0.2  for Google's Blogger service is a Palm PDA utility allowing you to update and post entries to blogger.com . Simply download and sync the .prc file and start using the tool immediately. Created by Choong You Ki, the application is compatible with all Palm OS devices.