As Samsung’s official page shows, all you’ve got to rally behind is a slightly beefed up version of the Tocco Lite, but we think that’s good enough to celebrate (especially given the alternative). And as these Samsung Preston deals prove, you can only get the thing on Orange at first, but then at least that will match the colour of the faces of most of the women in your fair city. But as this Samsung Preston review shows, it really is a pretty decent phone indeed, so you can be at peace. Or you’ll be in peace at least until you watch the video below. Then you’ll be having weird scary nightmares for many months to come. Nightmares that seem to be blending all those scary memories of when you saw Silence of the Lambs for the first time, but this time the victim is a mobile phone. Oh er….

For Mini, read camera’s light sensor. For Malaysian students, read megapixels. Because like so many things in life, bigger does not always mean better, and so it the case with the Pixon 12. It is not a bad camera at all. In fact, with its autotracking, touch-to-focus, super quick next-shot times and a few other impressive features, it’s a pretty decent cameraphone indeed. But here’s the rub: it’s a cameraphone. Camera… on a phone. And we think that cameras on phones just don’t need to have 12MP. We think the Pixon 12, in fact, might have take images that were every little bit as good if it had an 8MP camera that had had a bit more time spent tweaking. And those files it took with its 8MP would have been a whole lot less ridiculously big than those that the Samsung Pixon 12 does in fact take.

But then, we realise with a world weary sigh, where would the angle have been? Where would the hook for the press / the advertising / the boasting friends have been. If you can’t shout about having more megapixels than anyone else, what can you shout about? Too true, too true. Have a read of this less world weary Samsung Pixon 12 review for a full lowdown on that camera, and the phone’s other stats (not that anyone cares, right?), then have a look at this video:

First, a caveat: we know the Android-packing HTC Magic is already out, but HTC are so niche a manufacturer the vast majority of day-today users out there won’t even have heard of its existence, so we’re happy to claim the i7500 as the first mass market Android phone. And just what’s so good about Android? Well, nothing that, initially seems that remarkable. It just gives you easy, very fast access to everything Google do. So that’s Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Calendar, Google Talk and a whole bunch of other apps via the Android Market. But what is remarkable is just how good all these things are. If you’ve not yet converted to Gmail, or Google Calendar, you might not realise this. But for those who find their lives are pretty much Google-centric, this is pretty darn exciting.

And the Samsung i7500 does a whole bunch of other phone-like things – takes very decent pictures, let’s you plug your 3.5mm headphones in and all that jazz – but frankly, who cares! (Sorry, read this Samsung i7500 review if you do actually care). This is all about Google for us, and we couldn’t be happier that that’s the case. Have a little look at this prototype in action for a hint of what’s to come:

• GPRS + EDGE + UMTS (3G) + HSDPA + WiFi data connectivity
• 3.0″ touchscreen with 240 x 400 pixels, 65k colours
• 3 megapixel camera
• TouchWiz 2.0
• 107 x 52 x 13mm
• 103 grams
• Bluetooth 2.0
• 250MB of internal memory, expandable with MicroSD to 32GB
• GPS
• FM radio
• OS: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional

We have to admit there’s nothing much in this list to impress, but then that’s not at all what Samsung are planning with the Samsung Omnia Lite. The whole point, in fact, has been to trim down the somewhat bulky Omnia model and produce something that’s more pocket friendly – both in terms of size and price. So while the Lite isn’t going to be downloading quite as fast as its chunkier cousins, it’s still going to be more than enough for an average user. The same goes for the camera, the screen itself and pretty much everything else – nothing is of the highest quality, but you certainly won’t feel let down by what’s in the package.

And luckily there’s a few things that are pretty special. The new version of Samsung’s own TouchWiz interface looks absolutely fantastic. It’s a real pleasure to use something that’s been specifically designed for touchscreen interaction, rather than a UI that feels like it’s been shoddily translated from non-touchscreen use. Add to that some nifty little features designed to make the most of the GPS and the Samsung Omnia Lite B7300 that might just be the right fit for your pocket. Check out a Samsung Omnia Lite review here for the full lowdown.

• Windows Mobile 6.5
• integration with Microsoft Exchange
• 3.5″ 480 x 800 pixel display 16m colours WVGA resolution
• 113 x 58 x 16mm
• slide-out QWERTY keyboard
• 5 megapixel camera
• 3.5G support
• WiFi
• GPS
• Bluetooth
• 800 MHz processor
• DLNA support
• TV-out connection
• FM radio
• microSDHC card slot (up to 32GB supported) and 1GB of onboard storage.
• The battery tipped as a 1,500mAh pack

Pretty impressive, you might agree. And packing an AMOLED screen (ultra-bright, while being ultra-low in power consumption) we think this could be a cracker of a phone for those who need plenty of finger space for all their daily tapping, scrolling and surfing. Could be, that is, if the Samsung Omnia Pro B7610 was due out anytime soon. However, with the Samsung Omnia Pro B7610 currently scheduled for an October unveiling, we wouldn’t be surprised if this list was not quite so impressive come then. Check out a full Samsung Omnia Pro review here, or have a peek at the video below for an early hint at what’s to come. The video doesn’t show the video-playback capabilities unfortunately, but it does give a bit of a hint at what you can expect from that screen. Look at the size of it!