Toshiba is back with a phone that it hopes will propel it to the forefront of the smartphone market, jostling the iPhone 3GS and HTC Hero out the way in the process.

Toshiba's Portégé G900 (£405 inc. VAT) marks a return to the handheld market for the electronics giant, and stands out from rivals by virtue of its excellent 3-inch touchscreen display. It's the first Pocket PC we've seen of this size to feature an 800 x 480-pixel resolution, and the results were stunning.

Toshiba's entry into the UK smartphone market is being headed by the Toshiba Portege G500, It's a Windows Mobile smartphone that also introduces an interesting feature to the UK mobile market for the first time - fingerprint recognition

In Europe, Toshiba is a relative newcomer to the mobile phone scene, with the TS803 as its 3G music offering. It's a well equipped multimedia handset with a sharp 2.3-megapixel camera and dedicated music controls