An up-and-coming contender to the BlackBerry throne, the new Asus M930 rocks at messaging and Internet surfing, thanks to its one-click access to MSN and Windows Live Spaces. The qwerty keyboard also lets users hammer out a long e-mail message easily.

Users who need to transfer data quickly would also like the gizmo's connectivity options. It boasts GPRS, 3.5G, HSDPA, and Wi-Fi.

All work and no play makes a smartphone a dull one. Not the M930.

It has a video player, music player and a 2-megapixel camera to entertain you.