The phrase iPhone-killer may have become ubiquitous but the Samsung I900 Omnia wants its turn in the ring, and frame for frame the contender looks a match.

No doubt the forthcoming iPhone 3G will put pay to such catch-up attempts but if its looks that matter the I900 is definitely worthy of consideration.

Smartphones may be the go-to category for every consumer and his dog these days but Nokia’s E-Series continues to deliver business focussed devices to match changing needs.

Essentially the Nokia E71 in a different form factor the E66 delivers business performance in a consumer handset. Blackberry Pearl may have a monopoly on this particular market with Apple taking the other end, but is there a place for the E66 - we think so.

With dropped jaws having been carefully replaced since WWDC now attention turns to the 3G iPhones data plans, and who would want to be Canadian at times like these?

If you can brave it through the 7 month winters, maple syrup lollipops and Toques then you still face the prospect of being slogged by the only game in town when it comes to 3G, Rogers shame on you.

All their plans are three-year contracts with visual voicemail, free evenings and weekends, and unlimited WiFi at all Rogers and Fido hotspots included. Starting at $60/month for 150 minutes of voice and 400MB of data before hitting the wall at $115/month for 800 minutes voice and up to 2GB of data.

Want unlimited voice and Data? How you like us now Canada?

In a post-iPhone world gone mad for smartphones some may be forgetting the those friendly Canadians are not resting ahead of the BlackBerry Bold, rather they are pumping out a fresh approach - their first clamshell, the KickStart.

Featuring LCD display with a QVGA resolution (240 x 320 pixels), an external display with 128 x 160 pixels, the latest BalckBerry 4.6 OS, a full QWERTY keypad, the Kickstart may be a gentle dabble into the consumer market opened for them by the Pearl.

What do you think - is the world ready for the fashion BlackBerry?

Nokia are never shy about showing off the sort of clout that has made them the world’s leading phone manufacturer, first there was the morph, now enter the ShapeShift concept phone.

The futuristic design uses a combination of 2 plastic layers, one of these layers is a flexible one, while the second is a hard material and between the two is a liquid.

The liquid moves between the layers to create buttons - creating a fluid move between one mode and the next for user interaction.

Weighing in at 125 grams and a girth of only 110 x 55 x 12 millimeters, the Shape Shift concept is an interesting solution to an age old problem and hopefully a little sprinkle of this genius will enter into everyday phones soon.

According to the Boy Genius Report RIM are faces delays with the BlackBerry Bold and have pushed back the ATT release until August.

Apparently delays are being caused by battery life and overheating issues but business crackberry fanatics will take a no doubt pop a few antacid and await the GPS, WiFi multimedia marvels release in the shadow of the 3G iPhone.

Can BlackBerry pull it off and go toe-to-toe in the smartphone market with new-kid-on-the-block Apple?

Could 2 billion people be at danger from Mobile phone use? According to reports from the Australian Health Research Institute 1/3 of the world’s population could be facing increased risk of cancer from radiation.

The use of mobile phones, internet, intranet and wireless communication data transmission is putting billions at risk of ear, eye and brain cancer beside other major body disorders like heart ailments, impotency, migraine, epilepsy according to the AHIR.

Concerned users should avoid keeping their phones near their heart, avoid use under the age of 16 or while pregnant and switch their phones off when not in use. Of continued concern was the use of wireless gadgets but there was hope in the form of the Green8 magic chip which changes the polarity of electromagnetic radiation to minimize harm to organic matter such as plants, animals and your heart and lungs.

Jaws dropped at WWDC when Apple announced its 3G iPhone would be $199 but according to analysts the phone costs Apple just $173 a piece.

While $199 made for a punchy headline ATT is thought to be paying Apple $500-525 per phone with customers lured into contracts that more that compensate ATT for such an investment.

The cost represents a 23% reduction in costs for Apple from their first generation handsets, mainly due to component cost reductions, and represents a staggering 65% profit margin.

While this all bodes well for Apple investors and lovers of tech, the obsene margin will only grow as component costs tumble with expectation costs could drop to $148 in 2009 and to $126 in 2012. A greaat investment in anyone’s language.

Come July 11 as you sign on to a 3 year ga-zillion contract for your new GPS friendly iPhone try not to think about the fact that that GPS processor costs Apple $3.60

Indian Tech giant Infosys has patented a handset that they expect to have consumers regularly beaming 3D films, games and virtual goods by 2010.

The portable devices will not only be a capable of capturing 3D images but will also use an onboard processor to transform 2D images into 3D projected images, all without loss of resolution.

Possible applications for the devices suggested by Infosys include visualization for arriving doctors in emergency situations and accident/crime investigators.

Of course certain deviants will have their own possible applications in mind and they may or may not include 50’s schlock horror classics.

In a major shakeup Nokia has announced its intention to purchase the remainder of Symbian Ltd to create a non-profit Symbian foundation aimed at turning the OS into a single open source mobile platform.

The acquisition requires Nokia to shell out 264 million Euros for the remaining 52.1% of the organization currently held by Ericsson (15.6%), the Sony Ericsson joint-venture (13.1%), the Japan-based Panasonic (10.5%), the German-based Siemens (8.4%) and Samsung (4.5%).

The new company will combine Symbian, S60, UIQ and NTT DoCoMo’s MOAP(S) into a a single open-source platform creating an environment to encourage rapid innovation in what is already the most popular mobile platform in the world.

The news could dampen excitement in Google’s own ‘open’ Android platform and will have Apple and Microsoft’s ‘closed’ platforms re-thinking strategies perhaps with select components of the Symbian Foundation available at launch and the entire platform available within 2 years.