A model holds a new "Nokia N97" phone during the "Nokia World 08" congress in Barcelona Dec. 2, 2008. Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker, unveiled the N97 on Tuesday, a new flagship model with a large touch screen which it hopes will bolster its smartphone offering. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

iPhone 3G voted "gadget of year"

A man holds his new Apple iPhone 3G at Telcel Center in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata Aug. 21, 2008. Apple's iPhone 3G has won a public vote to find the year's best gadget, beating strong competition from three games consoles, a budget laptop and a balloon-shaped iPod speaker system.  (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, Sept. 18 -- Apple's iPhone 3G has won a public vote to find the year's best gadget, beating strong competition from three games consoles, a budget laptop and a balloon-shaped iPod speaker system.

    The latest version of the mobile that combines a phone with a music and video player was chosen by readers of Stuff magazine in its annual Gadget of the Year awards. Full story

First Google phone unveiled in U.S., cheaper than Apple's iPhone

The new G1 phone running Google's Android software is displayed in New York Sept. 23, 2008. T-Mobile USA, a Deutsche Telekom AG unit, will sell the first phone powered by Google Inc's Android operating system under the brand name T-Mobile G1, said its partner Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Mobile service provider T-Mobile on Tuesday launched the first cell phone powered by a operating system development by Internet giant Google in the United States, and the companies expect to sell at least 200,000 of the handset by the year end.

    The G1 smart phone, which mimic many of the features of Apple's popular iPhone, features a touch screen and a fold out keyboard. The device will be available for customers exclusively through T-Mobile in the United States from October, the companies said. Full story

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