Now playing: Watch this: LG Optimus Vu hands-on 1:45 When we first clapped eyes on the Samsung Galaxy Note, we thought it wasn’t possible to behold a more ungainly, awkwardly proportioned phone. Until, of course, the LG Optimus Vu reversed its wide load into Mobile World Congress last week. Luke previewed the phone at the …

Now playing: Watch this: Panasonic Lumix 101P hands-on 1:50 CNET UK’s very own Rich Trenholm caused a recent stir with his opinion piece on why tech companies should start putting phones in cameras, and not the other way round. Many of you agreed with Revolutionary Rich’s radical rhetoric — as did, it seems, Panasonic. All I can say is that …

Now playing: Watch this: HTC One X hands-on 1:32 HTC has charged forth into Mobile World Congress this year with all guns blazing and a mighty quad-core monster at the helm. Rich Trenholm bravely went hands-on with its beastly new blower, the HTC One X, at the annual phone expo in Barcelona. You can take a good old gawp at …

Now playing: Watch this: Sony Xperia U hands-on 1:07 Sony’s recent buy-out of Ericsson has seen a return to the company producing phones marketed only under the Sony brand. Our mobile phones editor, Natasha Lomas, went hands-on with the baby of its newest range, the Sony Xperia U, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Xperia U may be dinky …

Now playing: Watch this: Best apps from London Toy Fair 3:40 It seems as though there’s an app to help you through each and every one of life’s little challenges these days — whether it be turning your lights on and off, navigating the London Underground or working out, you can be sure those app developers have got it covered. …

Now playing: Watch this: Phone Week: iPad 3 chip and HTC Ville surface 4:11 Gather round, phone fans — it’s that time of the week you’ve all been waiting for. Amie Parker-Williams is here to tell you everything you need to know about the week in the world of mobile telecommunication devices, through the medium of video. First up is …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 on the London Eye 1:47 If you’ve ever floated above our nation’s capital in one of the London Eye’s great glass baubles, you may have gazed out over the famous urban landscape and wondered what exactly, beyond Big Ben and the BT Tower, you were looking at. Wonder no more, for Samsung …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung S3 news, O2 fixes leak, Android wins in phone… 4:20 If like us you eat, sleep and breathe phones, you’ll be ecstatic to discover we’ve once again jammed all of the week’s phone news into one revelatory and visually delightful video with Amie Parker-Williams. As the weeks roll on and February gets ever closer, so …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S3 rumours and bugs rife in Phone Week 2:50 Ahoy there phone fans! Back we are again, with another week’s worth of phone news in video. Hit play, sit back and let it all wash over you. There’s plenty to get excited about, so we’ll start you off with the bad news, just to …

Now playing: Watch this: Nexus battery woes, Xperia S, Lumia 710 hit UK in phone… 3:11 CNET UK made but one resolution this new year and that was to make sure none of our readers missed out on any of the hot happenings in the smart phone world. We pledged to bring you all the latest phone news squished into …