I’m a big fan of the Telegraph and Sky news iPhone apps, both offer a great breadth of coverage for free. But they have a new rival in the guide of the Guardian’s new paid-for app (asking price £2.39) which launched today.

Two great new apps have found their way to my iPhone in recent days. First up is an updated version of the Telegraph newspaper’s app which now boasts access to photo galleries, Twitter trending keywords and, most importantly, a faster user interface.

Rummaging around in my drawers a few days ago I stumbled upon what has to be the ultimate ‘nearly’ gadget, my seldom used T-Mobile Ameo (or the HTC Advantage or HTC Athena, take your pick).

As an owner of a T-Mobile G1 I can share some of Google’s suggested (by others) disappointment with the relatively low-specced phones currently available but to start competing with manufacturers who have spent considerable sums adopting your operating system doesn’t really make much sense – it’s like Microsoft suddenly deciding to start selling their own range of desktop and laptop PCs while expecting Dell and HP to continue buying OEM licences for Windows.