by Al Sacco

Smartphones of CTIA Fall 2009: 10 Groundbreaking Gadgets

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Oct 14, 2009
MobileSmall and Medium Business

The world's top handset makers showed off their latest and greatest at the recent International CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment 2009 show. Check out these 10 up-and-coming handsets from HTC, Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, RIM and Palm.

Nokia N900

Why It’s Hot: Nokia’s latest smartphone is the Finnish handset maker’s first handheld to run the flashy Maemo operating system.

OS: Maemo

Radio: Quad-band GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz; WCDMA 900/1700/2100MHz

Carrier: NA

Display: 800 x 480

Memory: RAM: 256MB; ROM: 768MB

Processor: 600MHz

Camera: 5MP

Price/Availability: Available for preorder now for $649.00. Device is expected to be released by “end of October.”

Other Notable Feature(s): Maemo browser, powered by Mozilla, supports Adobe Flash 9.4; stereo Bluetooth; and A-GPS.

Samsung Behold II

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Why It’s Hot: T-Mobile’s upcoming Android device sports an impressively vivid and bright 3.2″ AMOLED screen and Samsung’s TouchWiz UI, which employs a “cube-menu” for home-screen-based navigation.

OS: Google Android

Radio: Quad-band GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz; UMTS Dual-Band Global 3G 1700/2100 MHz

Carrier: T-Mobile

Display: 3.2″ AMOLED Screen

Memory: NA

Processor: NA

Camera: 5MP

Price/Availability: NA

Other Notable Feature(s): A-GPS; Wi-Fi, and up to 16GB of expandable memory via microSD card.