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A review of the HTC 7 Trophy Windows Phone 7 smartphone has been posted over at 3G.co.uk. 'The Trophy (actually, the name's not as bad as we first thought) is a Vodafone exclusive. You'll see this when the trademark red tiles pop up on the home screen; click on one of these tiles and it will transport you to Vodafone's own portal, which is dubbed 360 MyWeb. One tile takes you to HTC's own hub, where you'll find a collection of excellent apps, including that HTC favourite, the weather - rather apt considering the conditions we're enduring at the moment. We are also fond of HTC Notes, an app that creates Post-It style notes, that even start curling at the edges after a while. We think that's supposed to encourage you to get on with whatever task that note is reminding you to do!'

Trusted Reviews have published a review of the Vodafone 845 smartphone. 'For a touchscreen smartphone, the 845 is actually quite small and compact. It's about half an inch shorter than the iPhone and a smidgen narrower too. We had the black version of the phone in for review, but Vodafone also offers it in white if that's more your bag. The front of the 845 looks quite attractive with nicely rounded corners and a sloping edge at the bottom of the screen. Beneath the screen is a neat row of four traditional clickable buttons - two call control keys, plus menu and back buttons. In the middle of these sits an optical track pad that you can use for moving through menus or scrolling through long lists. The track pad is responsive and also fairly accurate at tracking your finger movement.'

A review of the Vodafone 360 M1 handset has been posted over at Trusted Reviews. 'The M1's approach to applications and settings is slightly different to most other phones. For starters, applications and settings are all displayed in a single horizontally scrolling grid of icons, but interestingly some applications have a special preview mode. The first time you tap on them they expand to four times normal size to show you a live preview of the app. You can then tap on it again to open it full size on the screen. The thinking behind this seems to be that for some apps you won't always need to see the full interface to get the information you need. For example, from the preview of the Accuweather app you can see the temperature and weather conditions for today, plus the next three days via the preview view, so you only really need to fully open the app if you want to see the satellite view.

Trusted Reviews have published a review of the Vodafone 360 H1 (Samsung GT-I8320) handset. 'The H1 is a similar height and width to the iPhone, but it is a tad thicker. However, the good news is that the curved edges on the rear mean it doesn't actually feel all that bulky. The phone is available in either black or metallic grey. We had the grey version and at first glance it certainly looks very much like a premium handset thanks to the brushed aluminium finish used on the bezel that surrounds the screen. However, closer inspection revels that the rest of the handset is actually made from silver coloured plastic that has a slightly cheap feel to it.'

A review of the Vodafone 360 Samsung M1 touchscreen mobile has been posted over at CNET UK. 'The M1 isn't quite as handsome a handset as the more expensive H1, but it's still a fine-looking phone. The front is finished in glossy black, while the curved battery cover on the rear has a more matte look. The majority of the front of the handset is given over to the large, 81mm (3.2-inch) display, but, beneath this, Vodafone has added physical buttons that act as shortcuts to the dialler, 360 contacts book and applications menu.'

Reg Hardware have published their review of the LG GM750 touchscreen smartphone. 'The phone is exclusive to Vodafone and echoes the good looks of LG's higher end smart phones as well as much of their specs, including a 3in touchscreen, Windows Mobile 6.5, a 5Mp camera, Wi-Fi and HSDPA 3G with downloads up to 7.2 Mbps. Even so, actually using it turned out to be a bit of a pain. Looking not hugely different from other LG touch screen phones such as the Arena and Cookie, the GM750 is fairly chunky at 110x54x13mm and 120g but it has slick bevelled sides and corners to lessen the effect.'

Pocket-lint have published a review of Vodafone's 360 H1 smartphone. 'The design isn't the sharpest given its status as a flagship phone and it looks rather generic. At first glance it is reasonably smart, with a brushed metal look to the screen surround. Manipulate the phone in your hand, however, and you might think otherwise. The back of the phone is the weakest spot of the design as it looks cheap. Red highlights are dotted around the silver model that we reviewed, with a red search button on the side and red detailing on the rear speaker grill. These touches add little to the handset, instead looking like the sort of attention a boy racer might lavish on his car. A Vodafone Ferrari this is not, but you can see what they were trying to do.'