With Christmas just a couple of weeks away time is quickly running out to get all your shopping done. Personally I leave it until Christmas Eve, but so it seems does almost everyone else, as the shops are always bursting with frantic customers desperately fighting over the last Power Ranger (or whatever) toy for their kid. This is where ordering online can be a good idea but this still raises the problem of items not arriving on time so if that is your avenue then it’s a good idea to get ordering early to be sure that everything is ready in time to be placed under the tree.

Anyway, for anyone thinking of getting someone a new phone this Christmas I have decided to try and help by giving a rundown on some of the best touchscreen phones on the market at the moment. Some of these are newly released but some have been around for a while, but either way they are all virtually guaranteed to put a smile on someone’s face this Christmas.

HTC HD2

Following on from the success of the highly popular HTC Hero, Taiwanese phone maker HTC has gone one better with their latest phone the HD2. While at one point in the not too distant past the little island of Formosa had a reputation for producing shoddy merchandise, the likes of the HTC HD2 should certainly put those accusations to rest. This Windows Mobile handset boasts a staggering 4.3″ high quality touchscreen and superfast 1GHz Snapdragon processor that sets it apart from its heroic predecessor as one of the fastest and cinematic touchscreen phones on the market today.

Nokia N97 Mini

Earlier this year saw the release of the N97 from Nokia, and then some months later the Finnish company decided, for some reason, to produce a slightly smaller version: the N97 Mini. Whatever their exact reasoning was we are most certainly grateful. If you have considered buying the N97 then the N97 Mini is well worth your consideration, with all the same appeal and functionality but with a much more ergonomic feel to it. The QWERTY keypad of the N97 Mini is ideal for whacking out long messages or emails and makes this an ideal touchscreen for the more professionally oriented phone owner.

Sony Ericsson Satio

For all the photography enthusiasts out there the phone of choice has to be the Satio from Sony Ericsson. This phone boasts an impressive 12 megapixel camera with a wealth of features including geo-tagging, smile detection, touch focus and the highest quality xenon flash. Although this is its main selling point there is more to the Satio than its camera however, with a wealth of other entertainment features and a very pristine 3.5″ TFT display.

LG BL40 Chocolate

There are two new Chocolate phones from LG making their way onto the shelves this season, but the one that stands out this Christmas is the BL40 for its unique entertainment features. This handset is for the movie lovers and all those phone owners who love watching videos on their phones, as the BL40 is the only handset to boast a 21:9 widescreen screen resolution. This means that all those widescreen films you have amassed over the last few years will now be displayed in all their glory on your very own phone. No more black bars and eye squinting for owners of the BL40. While having one of the highest quality displays to be found on a phone today the Chocolate does not fall short in other areas either, with high speed HSDPA connectivity and a very nice 5 megapixel camera into the bargain.

Apple iPhone 3GS 32GB

Although the original iPhone was released a few years ago now, the Apple handset is still one of the most popular touchscreen phones doing the rounds. New iterations have seen an improvement on the original however, with the latest version having much more memory and a far speedier interface. All this while still retaining all the features that have made the Apple phone so popular, including the exceptional media player, first class web browsing experience and of course that famous app store that has a downloadable application for just about every endeavour you could wish to perform on your phone, and lots of useless (but quite amusing) ones also.

LG GD510 POP

Falling into the more affordable range of touchscreens the LG Pop follows in the footsteps of the highly successful LG Cookie and Samsung Tocco Lite. These phones were designed to bring the touchscreen craze to a wider audience by placing the technological revolution into more affordable handsets, but neither company were quite prepared for just how popular they would become. These two phones have been some of the best selling handsets for their respective manufacturers and two of the most popular phones released in the last few years. The LG Pop follows on where the Cookie left off, providing all of the fun of a touch screen phone without any of the extra baggage that makes them cost the earth.

So here are some ideas for you to consider if you were thinking of purchasing a certain someone a new phone for xmas. There are many other great phones being released at this time and in the coming year, but there are too many to mention them all by name. For now however, these should provide some ideas for presents if you are struggling to think what to get for little cousin Timmy, or even if you just felt like treating yourself this festive season.

LG Electronics, the universal leader as well as technology innovator in the mobile industry, officially revealed the full key and image specifications of the LG BL40 Chocolate mobile phone. As reported by Dr Skott Ahn, the CEO of LG, the first response to this new handset has actually exceeded the expectations of their brand by a huge margin. Even though much interest tends to be focused mainly on striking design and shape of this phone, the actual surprise is when the users will really discover and experience the advantages offered by this 4 inches screen phone.

The huge LCD Real VGA HD screen of the LG BL40 Chocolate offers a complete variety of natural colours to make pictures crisp, games more with life, video more real, documents more easy to read and images more beautifully displayed. With the huge display of the phone, the users can experience surprisingly efficient and easy mobile environment. Even browsing the World Wide Web is incredibly simple because the 800 pixels are available to read the web pages with ease. The LG BL40 Chocolate display even features the dual screen interface which can marvellously display two types of the content at same instant.

The latest LG BL40’s wide screen is actually overlaid with tempered glass and is encased beautifully in the glossy finish and highlights. Even though the display may be wider, the LG Chocolate makes incredibly chic and slim design, inherited also in the actual Chocolate. To have best LG BL40 Deals, it is recommended that the users search the Internet and make this handset booked. The wide screen of this phone breaks from the conventional display styles having the 21:9 aspect ratio to have that cinema like, optimal and panoramic mobile experience. So, get ready and own the LG BL40 Chocolate to envy your friends and colleagues.

LG BL40 Chocolate Links:

• LG BL40 Chocolate Contracts
• LG BL40 Chocolate on T-Mobile
• LG BL40 Chocolate on O2

With the official announcement of its release by the last quarter of the year, we are still awaiting price and technical information about LG’s new Chocolate phone. Official photos of the LG BL40 Chocolate released by the Korean phone maker LG reveal a few interesting details the company is silent about.  We all have speculated on its large widescreen which is also a touchscreen but it not appears to be a vibrant and superb 4-inch 800×345 pixel LCD screen that is identical to the Nokia E90.  An accelerometer sensor should be there as the photos show the BL40 in both landscape and portrait orientation.

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There’s a front camera indicating it supports 3G and a close look at the icons, if they are actually the homescreen icons, it reveals support for WiFi, Bluetooth and stereo FM radio on top of the usual smartphone features we often take for granted.  At the back is a 5-megapixel camera with flash and a Schneider-Kreusnach lens.

All these features get houses in a slim and sexy profile that gets accentuated by a long and narrow black body accommodating its huge 21:9 display.  Think Hershey chocolate candy bar.  And you get the LG BL40 chocolate in the same form and thinness.  This may go down in mobile phone history as the longest and thinnest smartphone to come out of the LG factory.

The huge widescreen display gives the BL40 its signature look and according to LG, gives real advantage when browsing.  Its “real VGA” display technology is expected deliver high definition images and video to put users on a much higher viewing plain on their mobile experience. Its proprietary S-class OS and UI puts the expansive screen to use with its dual display mode of differing content types at the same time.

Soon to appear in the market

LG has announced availability of the LG BL40 Chocolate by the end of 3^rd quarter 2009.  That means September.  So it shouldn’t be long after all that speculation and anticipation.

LG BL40 Chocolate Links:

• LG BL40 Chocolate Contracts
• LG BL40 Chocolate on 3 Mobile
• LG BL40 Chocolate with Free Gifts