Without any doubt, touchscreen technology is one of the fantastic inventions of the modern world. It has proved to be very useful on electronic devices, mobile phones in particular. Touch technology can fundamentally streamline navigation and menu controlling at the tip of your fingers. No wonder, multi-touch is a deciding factor for a lot of people when considering their next mobile phone. Apple?s iPhone was the first multi-touch phone that made a mobile screen so useful and special. Touch screen mobiles are becoming increasingly popular these days. One of the interesting facts is that touch mobiles are no more as expensive as they once used to be and several mobile brands have introduced multi-touch phones at an inexpensive price. But which multi-touch mobile phone is right for you? Here we are providing you a few multi-touch phones, which will suit your pocket and with maximum features.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini (R15,000)

With this phone, Sony places in the market, a phone with a small frame but extremely sharp features, such as touchscreen, 3G, radio, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and microSD slot. The handset looks classy and is light due to plastic exterior with interchangeable back cover. It flaunts a first class capacitive touchscreen and offers good call quality with a robust battery life. Rest goes fine and the phone can actually give an Android phone in its range a run for fame and style.

Samsung 5650 Corby 3G ?Lindy? (R9,000)

Taking forward the Corby further, Samsung?s new S5650 Corby is the successor of S3650 Corby. Stylish and affordable, this handset is powered by Android operating system (OS) and an excellent touchscreen. Flaunting a 2.8-inch capacitive TFT touchscreen with QVGA resolution, it also features Samsung TouchWiz user interface, which is a visual treat to users. Moreover, the handset has a 3.2 megapixel camera. Apart from this, Lindy holds good loudspeakers with tremendous sound. It has 3G support.

Overall, it is an inexpensive multi-touch phone from Samsung.

Dell XCD35 (R10,000)

Powered by Android 2.2, Dell XCD35 is a multi-touch phone at an affordable price. Apart from the 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen, the phone accommodates a micro SD card upto 32 GB, has networking features like 3G and Wi-Fi. Dell XCD35 impresses with its sound quality and battery back-up. Overall, users will be delighted to have a good and affordable multi-touch phone from Dell.

Samsung Wave 525 (R8,000)

Samsung Wave 525 has a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen, with regular sunlight visibility. Being sleek, the handset is easy to carry and grip. The connectivity options include the likes of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth. Few pitfalls include the themes in the phone that has a white background, which sadly can?t be changed, hence monotony exists.

Also, the audio output is also fine making video playback enjoyable.

Zen M 45 (R5,499)

Zen M45 is an exciting multi-touch phone with stylish looks, dual SIM options and plethora of applications to keep masses engrossed. The touchscreen is highly responsive with big and easy to register icons. It includes Opera mini, WAP, Java, Bluetooth, etc for connectivity, besides featuring voice recorder, FM, ebook, call recording, games and a unique security centre app for putting firewall on incoming SMS, and protect data via security code option. It has a robust battery life. Zen M45 has everything to catch your attention, especially at this price.

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