The insatiable apetite of people to get onto social networking sites such as twitter, facebook, myspace, linkedin has led to a surge in social media enabled smartphones.

Although smartphones have been there for a while, recently the use of social media has meant that computer like devices which can connect to internet or are constantly connected to internet has increased the demand for the devices.

The fact that a lot of mobile companies have started offering internet packages very cheap or some have gone even further to include certain amount of data usage in your tarriff has been a boon to many.

You no longer need to fire up your computer to send a message or lookup your friend but it can come straight to your mobile device.

Some of the recent smartphones which have these capabilities are:

• Nokia N, Music, X series
• Iphone
• Palm Pre
• HTC
• Samsung Omnia
• Sony Experia

and the list goes on.

Recent new releases of smartphone software such as new versions of symbian and windows mobile operating system with increased microprocesser speed and storage capabilities coupled with touchscreens have helped this cause further.