Skype and Nokia are to partner to bring the Skype calling service to Nokia devices, starting with the Nokia N97.

Vodafone has announced it will be releasing an Android powered mobile, the HTC Magic smartphone. Now there are officially two Google phones!

3 has announced that future models, starting with the forthcoming C510 Cyber-shot, will feature embedded applications to allow speedy video uploading to YouTube, monitor Facebook updates (and make your own) and use Windows Live Messenger from March 2009.

We all knew it was coming, but MWC seems to have been more about the formalities of making something official than hitting us all with surprises. It seems the Internet, and things like our pre-MWC preview feature, has made it near impossible to keep things secret anymore.

New panels for the Xperia X1 have been announced, including CNN, Skype, Mytopia and ‘On the Road’.

Sony Ericsson has launched an all-new Walkman the day before Mobile World Congress kicks off, and it’s a blinder!

O2 has announced it will be selling an exclusive white version of the wallet-friendly LG Cookie.

Garmin-Asus, the new joint venture company behind the recently announced nuviphone G60 has also announced another new product, the M20. We’ve also been given some additional information on the G60.

Another affordable Walkman handset hits the streets. The W395 features powerful stereo speakers and thumping bass – plus a 1GB memory card in the box and a 2-megapixel camera.

At the end of 2008, we reported on a new Samsung headset known as the S8300. Now, we can officially reveal the full details on this flagship handset in Samsung’s 2009 range. The S8300 remains the official number, but the phone will now be known as the ‘Tocco Ultra Edition’.

Remember a time when calling a freephone number was, well, free? Well, it was true – back in the early 1990s when One2One and Orange each offered this revolutionary service. I mean, imagine the uproar at making a call that is intended to cost nothing actually cost nothing! Now everyone charges for all freephone calls, bar a few charity numbers, but BT Mobile is the first UK operator to change this.

Looking for the best deal on the Nokia 5800? Every network, bar 3, is selling the latest XpressMusic phone with its updated touchscreen interface – but The Carphone Warehouse is offering it for £15 a month.

Orange has become the first operator to release a prepay BlackBerry offering with the release of the £145 BlackBerry Pearl 8120 (that’s the original Pearl with the addition of Wi-Fi). Available for use with any of the Orange prepay plans, the only extra cost is the £5 monthly charge for using the BlackBerry email service. It goes on sale in early February.

3 has announced a new £20 per month netbook/mobile broadband package with the Compaq Mini 700 netbook and a 1GB monthly data allowance. The catch? You’ll only get it on a 24 month contract deal.

February 16th sees the start of the biggest mobile phone exhibition in the world. Mobile World Congress 2009 is held in Barcelona over four days, giving every manufacturer an opportunity to announce its flagship models for the coming months – including concepts and ideas. So what do we expect to see there?

Smartphone developer Resco has given an insight into the popularity of individual Series 60 devices for application downloads. While it can’t give an accurate account of handset sales, it does show which models are being used most to download applications.

We have to say that this is quite a switch from a traditional Portable Media Player, but ARCHOS is clearly moving with the times and entering the netbook market with the ARCHOS 10.

Sony Ericsson has added another Cyber-shot to the range, a 3.2-megapixel offering with Smile Shutter function and other new features.

Sony Ericsson has announced the W508 Walkman phone with Style-Up covers.

It’s hardly surprising, but a recent report conducted by Juniper Research suggests the mobile adult content market is likely to reach US$5bn by 2013, driven primarily by video chat services.

There have been rumours circulating for ages that Apple would release a range of iPhone handsets, to cater for different people. Two models were mooted; a clamshell design (the majority of handsets sold in the USA are of this style, proving their popularity) and a smaller cut-down ‘nano’ model. Now it seems the iPhone nano could be only days away from being announced.

We’ve finally got our hands on the brand new Nokia 5800 XpressMusic (also known by many as the ‘Tube’). It’s the first Series 60 Touch smartphone, and we’ll be reviewing it very soon.

Pepsi MAX fans will soon be able to get an extra kick from their drink, with free mobile game downloads on special cans. By scanning the QR code with a phone, you’ll be taken to an exclusive download link.

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has developed the first mobile security card offering contactless smart-card security in addition to the usual data storage functions.

The maker of the award winning Jawbone Bluetooth headset, designed by Yves Behar, has added a new colour to the range; pink.It’s available exclusively at The Carphone Warehouse or Jawbone’s website for £79.99.