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Guest blogger, Mashii Hajim, has a look at some of the best smartphones on the market this season.In case you're looking for something to buy this Christmas

Oz based telecommunication company, Telstra, has officially opened Androidland - the world's first store designed completely around Google's Android operating system.

Nokia and Microsoft are to make a joint announcement next Friday, a move which suggests that Nokia may be about to abandon Symbian for Windows 7 mobile. It has been rumored for some time that Nokia has been looking to drop its Symbian OS, only last week Nokia’s Chief Executive Stephen Elop further fuled rumors the company was moving away from Symbian when he said Nokia’s future lay in “capitalising and/or joining competitive ecosystems.”

Mobile phone behemoth Nokia may be about to abandon its Symbian operating system for Google’s Android or Microsoft’s Windows 7 mobile, if comments by the company’s Chief Executive Stephen Elop are to be believed.

Android growth this year has been phenomenal, with the platform taking the top spot of fastest growing mobile OS in Ireland earlier this year. We’ve compiled this list of the cheapest Android phones available in Ireland, and just in time for Christmas too.

Smartphones are expected to be one of the bestselling presents this Christmas but the Swedish usability company The Astonishing Tribe have big plans for your digital equipment next year.