Smartphone photography is now more popular than ever and some phones can produce stunning results. Throw in some innovative software additions and the results can be remarkable.

We are going to run a new competition on 247 each week for the forseeable future. All you need to do is send in a photo taken with your smartphone, tell us what phone it was taken with (and / or with which software) and the best one received each week will receive $10 of smartphone software of their choice. A new photo will be published every day and the decision on the previous week’s winner will be made each Monday. Photos needs to be sent to shaun (at) mailstm.co.uk. Good luck!

I will start you off with this one I took on my 3GS last week using the ShakeIt app which brings a touch of Polaroid to the party-

Andy Murray takes on Roger Federer on Sunday in the Australian Open final and this gives you a chance to win $25 of software from one of our software stores.

All you have to do is guess the total number of games that will be played and the nearest to the final number will take home the money. Simply add your number as a reply to this topic and we will see who comes out on top on Sunday. Come on Andy!!!

If the same number is chosen twice, only the first entry will be counted. All entries must be added before the match starts. The winner will be announced on Monday.

We recently ran a competition in which you had to give us your best definition of a smartphone, an object which no-one seems to be able to define. I went through the list multiple times and finally decided that Bill G came up with the simplest description of what a smartphone should be. His entry is below and the Touch Diamond is on the way to him in the US (I wish you lot would live nearer to save postal costs:))

“A smartphone is an internet capable mobile device capable of running multiple applications in a true operating system environment. It allows the user to customize the interface, install additional applications and to create a personal mobile environment for their needs.”

A big thanks must go to Peter who donated the Diamond for the competition.

No one seems to know exactly what a smartphone is. The dictionary definition is “a mobile telephone with extended features as a personal digital assistant, Internet browser, etc.”, but that could now apply to almost all mobile phones so that idea is out.

This is your chance to define what a smartphone is in under 50 words and the best answer will win a near perfect condition HTC Touch Diamond. It is not the newest of smartphones, but it is a good one and thanks go to Peter for donating it.

Just post your answers by replying to this topic and the closing date for entries is midnight (UK time) on 22nd January. Good luck and the winner will be announced on 25th January.

The winner of the competition to rename PDA-247 is Jennifer who came up with www.allmobileos.com. I have decided to ditch the ‘247’ part and will make the change in the near future. Some of the names were truly excellent, but sadly a lot were already taken so the entries could not be counted.

Jennifer, I have emailed you so if you can respond we will sort out your prize with Clove. Thanks to all of you who took the time to come up with ideas- look out for a new competition very soon.

Piel Frama has generously offered the Curve 8900 case we reviewed today to one of you lucky readers. All you need to do is drop me a BlackBerry PIN message (to 257318B1) and explain why you deserve to win the case. The best answer within the next 24 hours gets to keep it. Good luck!