Tippy-tappy connection-thingy. Whatever you want to call it, there is seemingly no stopping the rise of this exciting technology. And with 20 per cent (about 300 million) of all smartphones expected to be NFC-enabled by 2014, next year is sure to see more and more people getting hands on with it. If you’re still unsure of what NFC is, here’s a quick explanation of the technology: NFC enables two devices to interact via electromagnetic radio fields, transferring small amounts of data wirelessly over short distances or by physical touch. [...]

All delivered via the medium of video. The phone in question, as you'll have no doubt worked out from the pic, is the Nokia Lumia 800. Pic courtesy of Mark Guim at thenokiablog Let's roll then. First out of the box, as it were, is an unboxing (see what I did there?) from Blake, a.k.a.windows7blogger. It's a step by step guide to getting started and includes a full walk round of the phone including first boot up of the 'very nice device'. [...]

Why else would one man have a trio of Nokia unboxings on his site? Because it's an early gift for me, that's why! Neil clearly knows that I'm a sucker for an unboxing (I'm in therapy for it, don't worry)....so let's start with the N9. He includes a panoply of excellent pics (one of which is above), totally what you'd expect from an expert unboxing. There are also a few opinions on the phone "The N9 looks very very sleek! See that? That's the Gorilla Glass that is curved so it fades into the body. [...]

We've scanned 115,830 square miles of the Philippines (actually we just went online) to find some awesome Nokia fans. Last week we took you to Lebanon and Jordan, we've also hit up India and the USA, so now, without further ado, let's take a trip to the Philippines. We've been keeping a watchful eye on the Nokia content coming from this beautiful country and two guys have stood out for us this time round. [...]

The total number of cameraphones sold has already passed more than the total number of cameras sold in the history of photography. The first ever picture sent by a mobile phone, by Philipe Kahn in 1997 In the space of little over a decade, cameraphones have had a huge impact on the world. We decided to chart their history, and the people who made the great leap forward in technology possible. The birth of the cameraphone Phillipe Kahn is a close as it gets to being described as the father of the cameraphone. [...]

In a half-retrospective, half present-day examination of the state of his mobile usage, The Tech Bishop explains why he has come down firmly in the corner of the N8. The main reason, it seems is the hardware, and this is "why I am still so fixated with the N8" It's a fair point. The software inside a phone can be improved upon, updated and tweaked, but the hardware is pretty much fixed once you have it in your hands. [...]