The world's foremost handset manufacturers showed off their latest and greatest wares last week at the international CTIA Wireless 2009 event in Las Vegas. CIO.com hit the show floor hard to bring you images and details on the hottest new and upcoming smartphones that may earn a home in your pocket.
2008 was very much The Year of the Smartphone—you just can't ignore those impressive '08 smartphones sales numbers. But 2009 looks to be another one for the handheld record books; a quick jaunt around the International CTIA Wireless 2009 spring show floor last week in Las Vegas made it abundantly clear that smartphones were the focal point of the event.
Every major smartphone maker had a presence at CTIA, and most had brand new products to show off. Couldn't make it to Vegas to see for yourself? No problem at all; we spent plenty of time with all the handset heavies—especially with RIM at its CTIA BlackBerry booth.
Here are my picks for the 10 hottest smartphones at CTIA. Some are available for purchase immediately, while it may be months before others hit U.S. retail stores, if they do at all. Regardless, I just can't wait to get my thumbs on each and every one of 'em.
Why It's Hot: This revamped HTC Touch merges style and functionality to make one heckuva business device OS: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional Radio: Dual-band HSPA/WCDMA (900/2100MHz)/Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) Carrier: NA Display: 3.6", TFT-LCD touch-screen with 480 x 800 WVGA resolution; adjustable tilt display Memory: ROM: 512 MB; RAM: 288 MB Processor: 528MHz Camera: Main camera: 3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus; second camera: VGA CMOS color camera Price/Availability: NA Other Notable Feature(s): HTC TouchFLO 3G UI; Wi-Fi (802.11b/g); microSD card slot
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