Apple, since the release of the very first iPhone in 2007, have made sure that with every upgrade of their award winning mobile, there comes a great deal of brand new technology packed into the ever smaller devices. The differences between the first few versions, the iPhone, the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 3GS were highly noticeable, with the designers at Apple feeling that making the phone as impressive as possible in terms of technology is one of the key aspects of developing the phone.

The latest version of the phone, the iPhone 4; released last summer, also went along with this trend and has some pretty impressive features both in terms of hardware, software and aesthetics.

The materials of which the phones are made of are often thought of by phone manufacturers as an area to save money but this does not seem to be the case at all with the iPhone 4. The stainless steel enclosure and the glass that makes up the touchscreen have very much been touted by the bods at Apple, claiming that “A new grade of stainless steel that after machining is incredibly strong. The steel frame functions as the antenna and primary structure, giving us more internal volume,”

The frame is supposedly far stronger than regular stainless steel and the fact that it incorporates the antennae also has been the subject of much talk since the phone’s launch.

The glass is also very impressive and according to Apple it is “comparable in…

If you like the latest in smartphone and gaming technology then you will love the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. This is the first smartphone in the world that has been certified by PlayStation and is the first one to have PlayStation control buttons, along with touch sensitive keypad joystick controllers. This phone really does deliver an authentic gaming experience; one that it is claimed will blow you away.

The basic engine that makes this baby fly is a Snapdragon processer running at 1 GHz, which is pretty much standard in all Android smartphones, but in the Xperia Play it is enhanced by an embedded graphics processor, the Adreno 205 GPU. At the risk of sounding too techy, we would like to add that the hardware includes a dual channel ddr2 RAM working at 300 Hertz. In simple terms it means that data gets moved around at twice the speed that it would otherwise. All this is controlled by the latest version of the Android operating system, Gingerbread.

The overall result of this is super smooth and fast graphics with refresh rates approaching 60 frames per second. If you love gaming, then you will adore this phone.

Of course this is more than just a gaming console. It is also a superb smartphone at the cutting edge of smartphone technology, but one that really is built for gamers. Even if for some reason you prefer as a phone the iPhone, which is understandable, or even an alternative Android phone such…