The current leader in the U.S. race to provide powerhouse cell phones with the most megapixels for your money is the Samsung Memoir (SGH-T929), which actually looks more like a camera than a mobile phone.

With its 8.0 megapixel camera including Xenon flash, 16GB microSD memory capacity, and advanced GPS capabilities, the Memoir stands tall among competitors. Its TouchWiz interface reacts to tactile touch and loads widgets with a flick of a finger from a left-side menu bar.

It also has a full HTML browser, which means you can upload directly to popular photo sites like Flickr and Photobucket, It even has a TV-out to watch slide shows on the big screen at home. Its healthy battery offers more than twelve days of standby and 5 ½ hours of talk time.

Flip the phone over and you’ve got all the trappings of a mid-range digital camera, even top-loaded shutter and zoom buttons and a pseudo-hand grip done up in faux leather. This new quad-band contender is sure to please a healthy portion of its T-Mobile customers looking to combine a quality camera phone with a practical handset. Check it out here.

Gresso is an exclusive manufacturer of luxury cell phones that appeal to a regal sense of style. Their limited edition collection of exquisite mobile devices is set apart by the use of high-quality materials in construction. Titanium alloy and Blackwood cases accented by gold, leather, diamonds, and sapphire glass – rigid materials that suit the fine details of the brand.

The eight exclusive pieces of the $5,500 Lady Diamond are true gems, ensuring it legendary status among the finest phones reserved for the ultra-elite. It dresses up brilliantly, with a deep red titanium case coated with a high-quality ceramic in a hand-picked Magenta color that shimmers with diamond flair. Speaking of diamonds, there are four of them set into the center of the 18K gold function keys, giving lucky ladies all the sparkly their ego needs to justify the price tag.

This Tri-band GSM phone runs on Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard, and features a voice recorder, alarm, calculator and calendar, as well as a 2 MP camera that support 1600 x 1200 pixel resolution. The elegant Lady supports Bluetooth, WAP, GPRS, PC, and SMS connectivity, and its standard Li-Ion battery lasts up to 150 hours in standby. This Russian queen of cell phones is exclusively available through a subset of Euroset boutiques in and around Moscow.

Most tech gurus are counting on the new Palm Pre to make a serious run at the crown currently assumed by the iPhone, and this month’s launch should soon prove how much muster the new handset will have in the marketplace.

The features are there; a 3.1 inch touch-sensitive screen, QWERTY keyboard, camera with flash, and speakerphone, to name a few. The strength of the phone, however, is in its robust web features that give the phone a full HTML browser that handles GPS, email, and Wi-Fi for clear graphics and easy access to the Internet. Palm’s WebOS and Sprint’s 3G EVDO network are the links in this chain of connectivity features.

The Pre also has something called Palm Synergy that allows users to add contacts with integrated details from popular apps like Twitter, Facebook, and instant messaging.

All the hard work may be for naught, since Apple is set to debut a new iPhone and operating system soon, but for the moment Palm’s new smart phone is generating the amount of buzz to make consumers consider the competition. Learn more here.

For the ultimate in haute couture, we turn once again to a pillar of luxury access and excess, Amosu Luxury Ltd.  The auspicious nature of the firm’s business is largely a product of a widely-held sales notion that diamonds are more than a girl’s best friend; they are instead an irresistible draw for products that would otherwise fight for attention among the best in class.

That is not to say that discriminating taste is not without its posh perks – say a personally engraved, custom-made mobile phone with a year’s free 24-hour access to an international concierge. These phones and mobile accessories are beyond exclusive, drawing acceptance in social circles where most of us would fail the witty acid test for casual conversation.

The company’s website even has a celebrity client list to disclose the elite company your investment has achieved, if that matters to you. Better yet, when your diamond-encrusted phone becomes yesterday’s news, Amosu will accept a trade-in to transfer those sparklies to the latest thing to refreshing your bling-bling, for a small fee of course.

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The Nokia N95 is the current smartphone of choice, and the recent release of an 8GB model is making waves in the industry, with impressive, in-demand features like Windows 3.1, 8GB internal memory, GPS, MP3/Video player, 5 MP Carl Zeiss optics digital camera, slide-out keypad and glossy black finish, with a slightly larger screen than its 160MB predecessor.

The 8GB offers full compatibility with Nokia’s 3G networks, which significantly improves download speeds and access to reliable networks and hotspots. Initial reviews have brought the phone high marks, and the suggested MSRP between $400 and $700, depending on where you buy one and what services you assume, keeps the phone within reach for busy executives and data-conscious consumers.

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