Symbian superphones - the next generation has arrived!

Symbian's always been one of the most popular smartphone OS-es in the mobile world, and the latest, touch-based version carries on that fine tradition. Let's check the 3 phones that take Symbian to dizzying new highs.

Nokia N97

The first contender comes in the shape of the Nokia N97. However, it's not just about touchscreens, since the Nokia N97 has also got a full QWERTY keyboard, which will make messaging, live chat and emails a breeze. In terms of what else it can do, the Nokia N97 will also wow you thanks to its 5 MP camera, superb media player (including video playback that's got to to be experienced to be believed), a massive 32Gb of memory, and HSDPA web access. Essentially, the Nokia N97 is amongst the best phones in existence.

Samsung i8910 HD

However, if video is more your thing, another phone trumps the N97: the Samsung i8910 HD. The HD on the end of the name isn't just there for show, it signifies that the Samsung i8910 HD is the first phone in history that can record 720p HD-Video. Conveniently, that's the same definition Youtube shows its high-def videos at, so is it possible that the Samsung i8910 HD is actually the perfect HD Youtube phone?

Sony Ericsson Idou

While the Nokia N97, with its slide out keyboard, and the Samsung i8910 HD, with the best video recording ever, use Version 5 of the Symbian OS... the Sony Ericsson Idou is the first ever handset to use Version 5.1, and boy does it show. Fuse that together with a sleek, touch-friendly front-end, and it add up to the Sony Ericsson Idou being, very probably, the slickest Symbian phone yet produced. That's not its big killer feature, however, since THAT comes in the form of the Sony Ericsson Idou's camera, which weighs in at a mind-boggling 12 megapixels. Because of its huge camera and the amazing interface, as well as media playback and social networking better than we've yet seen on a phone, the Sony Ericsson Idou has to be one of the coolest phones ever to be produced!