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Benefon are a Finnish company specialising in GSM handsets with inbuild GPS capabilities, and the Benefon Twig Discovery is the latest in their handset line.
The Benefon Twig is a tri-band GSM device, available in either 900/1800/1900 MHz or 850/1800/1900 MHz configurations, it also has Bluetooth, a WAP 2.0 browser and an email client, plus synchronisation with MS Outlook and Lotus Notes.
Primarily, the Benefon Twig Discovery seems to be aimed at people who want GPS wherever they go, and this handset is pretty convenient to carry around, being roughly the same size as a 3G phone.