Smartphones of CTIA ’09: The 10 Hottest Handhelds

Why It’s Hot: The Pre will be the first device to run Palm’s new webOS

OS: Palm webOS

Radio: CDMA, 3G EVDO Rev A

Carrier: Sprint

Display: 3.1″, HVGA touch screen with 24-bit color, 320 x 480 pixels

Memory: 8GB internal storage via USB

Processor: Texas Instruments OMAP3430 processor reportedly at 600MHz

Camera: 3 megapixels with LED flash

Price/Availability: NA; expected in 2009

Other Notable Feature(s): Wi-Fi (802.11b/g); Bluetooth tethering for external modem

Why It’s Hot: The U.S. version of Nokia’s E71 is thin, yet feature-packed. It’s also quite the looker.

OS: Symbian, S60 3.2

Radio: Dual-band UMTS/HSDPA (850/1900MHz)/Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)

Carrier: AT&T

Display: 2.4″, 16 million colors, 240 x 320 pixels

Memory: 120MB, expandable up to 8GB via microSD card

Processor: 369 MHz

Camera: 3.2 megapixel digital camera with auto focus, flash and video capture

Price/Availability: Expected “within the coming weeks”; pricing will be $149.99 and after mail-in rebate, receive $50 AT&T promotion card

Other Notable Feature(s): Extremely thin at just 10mm; Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)

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

Why It’s Hot: This slider packs a punchâ¬as well as a full QWERTY keyboard and touch screen

OS: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard

Radio: Tri-band UMTS/HSDPA (850/1900/2100 MHz)/quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)

Carrier: AT&T

Display: 2.55″, 65K color/TFT colors, 320 x 320 pixels

Memory: 256MB ROM/128MB RAM

Processor: 528 MHz

Camera: 3 megapixels with auto focus

Price/Availability: Available in April for $199.99, and after mail-in rebate, receive $50 AT&T promotion card to lower price to $149.99

Other Notable Feature(s): Slide-Out Full QWERTY keyboard; innovative joystick navigation; microSD card up to 16GB; Wi-Fi

Why It’s Hot: The Curve 8900 is RIM’s thinnest full QWERTY device and it supports UMA for VoWi-Fi calling.

OS: BlackBerry OS v4.6

Radio: Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)

Carrier: T-Mobile USA

Display: 2.44 inches, 65K colors/TFT color, 480 x 360 pixels

Processor: 512 MHz

Camera: 3.2 megapixel camera with video and auto focus

Price/Availability: $199.99 with two-year agreement, $200 instant savings and $100 mail-in rebate

Other Notable Feature(s): UMA-enabled; Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)

Why It’s Hot: With two digital cameras and HTC’s TouchFLO UI, the new HTC Diamond is a precious piece of tech

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: 3.2″, TFT-LCD touch-screen with 480 x 800 WVGA resolution

Memory: ROM: 512 MB; RAM: 288 MB

Processor: 528MHz

Camera: Main camera: 5.0 megapixel color with auto focus; second camera: VGA CMOS color

Price/Availability: NA

Other Notable Feature(s): HTC TouchFLO 3G UI; Wi-Fi (802.11b/g); microSD card slot

Why It’s Hot: Dual-slider features a full QWERTY keyboard and standard 12-button keypad

OS: Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard

Radio: Tri-band UMTS/HSDPA (850/1900/2100 MHz)/Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)

Carrier: AT&T

Display: 2.4″; QVGA screen; 240 x 320 pixels

Processor: 528 MHz processor

Camera: 2 megapixels with 4x digital zoom and video capture

Memory: 256 MB ROM and 128 MB RAM

Price/Availability: Available immediately for $179.99 after a two-year service agreement and $50 mail-in rebate

Other Notable Feature(s): Expandable memory via microSD up to 32GB; Dual, sliding QWERTY and 12-button keyboards

Why It’s Hot: The Instinct s30 packs a large, bright display with feedback to help users type

Carrier: Sprint

Radio: CDMA dual-band (800/1900MHz)

Display: 3.2″ TFT LCD (240 x 432 pixels) with haptic feedback

Camera: 2 megapixels with auto focus and video

Price/Availability: April 19; $129.99 with two-year agreement, $70 instant savings and $100 mail-in rebate.

Other Notable Feature(s): FULL HTML browser/Opera Mini browser

Why It’s Hot: First handset with LG’s new S Class UI and 3G interface; impressive multimedia features

Radio: Tri-band UMTS/HSDPA (850/1900/2100 MHz); HSDPA 7.2Mbps

Carrier: NA

Display: 3″ WVGA full touch screen

Camera: 5 megapixels with face tracking and image stabilization technologies

Price/Availability: NA

Other Notable Feature(s): Dolby Music and Surround Sound for enhanced audio and video; aGPS; FM transmitter