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Just like the entire N-series of Nokia, the Nokia N95 is a full fledged smartphone that, on the whole, is more akin to a miniature computer than mobile phone. Much of the N-series, N95 included, has come under heavy criticism for being too big, too sluggish at times, too buggy, and so on. However, despite all this criticism, the N-series still has a pretty large following that would swear by it as one of the best gadgets ever. Mostly it would seem that for all its problems, the N95 and other N-series mobile phones are sort of like a look into the future, and the wide range of possibilities that it can command.

Features of the Nokia N95 8GB

At the time of its release, the Nokia N95 8GB was the very first phone to incorporate 5 megapixel technology to be released in the UK. Not only that, but it was Nokia 5 megapixel technology, which meant that it also included the Carl-Zeiss optics and Tessar lenses that were part of why the N93 was such a resounding success in this area. Essentially, the Nokia N95 8GB offered, and still does offer, some of the best image capture ability in the market.

Everything about the N95 was the best available at the time of its launch. From the HSDPA data transfer technology that would come to be referred to as 3.5G, to the WLAN support that would send shockwaves of awe through the mobile phone world, the N95 had it all and more.

As if being a high quality camera equivalent, mobile phone, and music player wasn’t enough, the N95 also incorporated GPS technology into its design. This meant that any N95 user only had to register and he or she could track his position in relation to wherever he wanted to go whether by car or foot. Needless to say, GPS maps have always been one of the greater gadgets out there, and having one within a mobile phone was just too good to be true.

Everything in One Box

For the Nokia N95 8GB, having everything in one box was its crowning glory. The best technology at the time, all seamlessly working together within a mobile phone that truly was at the pinnacle of the market was a real marvel to behold. Sure, there were complaints regarding the weaknesses of the N95, however for anyone that wanted to truly try out the mobile phones of tomorrow, the N95 offered the best way to do so, today.

Now, of course, the N95 has been surpassed in some ways, but not in most just yet. Because of just how high-end it was at the time of its release, all the technology it used will continue to remain relevant for quite some time. Although the execution could have been improved, Nokia ought to be congratulated for bringing mobile phone users around the world one of the best mobile phone deals possible with their computer-within-a-mobile-phone concepts.

Perhaps someday Nokia will return to the N95 8GB and smartphones of its kind for another crack at the future of mobile phones.

With each day passing by, mobile phones are increasingly becoming a necessity and with the technological advancements these mobile phones are becoming more feature-rich. Gone are those days when mobile phones used to be the gadget that helped to communicate. Today they are these gadgets that not only help to communicate but have also helped to simplify things on an everyday basis. These mobile phones have almost supplemented things like the camera, music players and also the PDA. The rise in technology has brought the all new SmartPhone that unites the cell phone with the PDA.

A SmartPhone is basically a mobile phone that has the PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) embedded in it. As e all know the PDA is a minuscule handy device that has the features of a personal computer that includes document viewing, task and contact management, and definitely Internet access. A SmartPhone has all these features but the only difference between a PDA and a SmartPhone is that PDA is data-centric whereas the SmartPhone is an essentially voice-centric gadget. These SmartPhones include Internet, emailing access, scheduling or PIM software, contact management and can read documents like Word, Excel and PDF. These SmartPhones also have in-built features like the camera, music player and GPS navigation

Some of the real good SmartPhones are the Blackberry, Palm Treo and Cingular. All these SmartPhones have some of the best features that suits professional as well as personal needs. They come with cameras, music players and applications that completely support the professional needs.

The SmartPhones are indeed the smartest thing. It not only simplifies things but also has a good entertainment value. So just get yourself a SmartPhone and enjoy the smartness.

Millimeters Matter: Small differences in touchscreen sensitivity actually reveal exponential difference in performance. Less sensitive touchscreen systems are infuriating to use for typing.

The clear winner was the iPhone’s touch sensor, which showed the most linear tracking with the least amount of stair-stepping. The Droid Eris and Nexus One tied for second with only faint wiggling but actually performed best at the edge of the screen. Last in the line-up was the Motorola Droid, which demonstrated significant wavy artifacts or “stair-stepping.”

To create a superior touchscreen experience, the key is to develop a touchscreen sensor that has the highest possible signal-to-noise ratio, or SNR. When a manufacturer gets it right, the device tracks touch inputs almost as if they were connected to physical objects in the real world. Key drivers of SNR include:

Conductive sensor material

Substrate material

Substrate thickness

Distance from display (the biggest noise source) Sensing waveform Sensor pattern Sensor pitch Analog sensing circuitry Sample rate

Touchscreens are a catalyst for innovation and a powerful way for device manufacturers to differentiate their products in an intensely competitive marketplace. But as MOTO’s demonstration shows, there’s a right way and a wrong way to deploy the technology. MOTO has worked with capacitive touch interfaces, and offered up these essential dos and don’ts for anyone entering the field:

* Don’t skimp on materials. With touchscreen hardware, manufacturers get what they pay for and consumers will notice the difference. * Allow ample time to develop your algorithms. Don’t treat touchscreen algorithms as an element of component sourcing; create a distinct touch development track in-house to make sure your products are both responsive and accurate. * Closely integrate touchscreen hardware, software, and user interaction development as early as possible in the product development process. Never treat them as separate tasks.

The success of the iPhone has triggered the adoption of touchscreen systems in a wide range of mobile devices, and a bevy of new gadgets equipped with capacitive sensing technology have now hit the market. MOTO’s conclusion sates that ‘All touchscreens are not created equal’ The video and photos of MOTO’s “DIY Smartphone Touchscreen Analysis” experience is available here.

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GET READY for a new era of mobile phone envy. A new crop of phones from Apple, palm and nokia is redefining the concept of the phone and putting the power of a laptop in your pocket.

The iphone 3G S, palm pre and nokia n97 are such an advance on what the industry has for years dubbed smartphones, that they have prompted some commentaators to call them “superphones”.

With always-on connectivity whether through Wi-Fi or 3G they are driving mobile usage of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, and making it easy to share and view relatively high quality photos and videos on the move.

Apple’s iphone 3GS Heats Up Smartphone Wars

This is all being driven by the iphone, the iconic gadget from computer maker Apple, which, despite technical limitations, has redefined what people expect from a top-of-the-line phone. With its 3.5 inch touchscreen and single button, the iphone looked nothing like a mobile but, with Apple’s customary attention to design and user interface, even the most committed luddites have found it simple to use.

Although it raises the stakes, the iphone 3G S is an evoluution of the popular device rather than a radical departure.

Nokia The Old Boys Of The Phone World

Despite being the world’s bigggest maker of mobile handsets, Nokia has been forced to respond to Apple’s dominance of the top end of the market. While its N-series of multimedia phones, in particular the N95 8GByte, have offered superior features to the iPhone, such as a five-mega pixel camera, they have been hampered by a complex user interface.

The n97, which combines a responsive high resolution touchhscreen with a slide-out miniiqwerty keyboard, is its latest effort to craft an iPhone-killer and looks to have a real chance of success.

Palm Pre Mobile Organising Your Digital Life

A surprise player in all this is Palm. Although probably best known for its perrsonal digital assistants (PDAs), which were a must-have for executives in the 1990s, it was actually a serious player in the nasscent smartphone market in the US.

Although still only available in the US, the Pre has received rave reviews and sold a reported 100,000 devices in its first weekend on sale.

Taken as a category, these three devices are delivering what the mobile industry has been prommising for a decade or more –  a truly portable computing experience that fits in your pocket…http://www.thenewsmartphones.com

Cell phone technology continues to advance with new and exciting features. There are many cell phone features these days way beyond that of just communication and making calls. Time sure has made amazing changes for cell phones since their first models appeared in the market back in 1947.

The advancement of technology is emerging with brilliant gadgets and there is a continuous competition among the vendors of mobile phone to outsmart each other by introducing technologically advanced smart phones featured with every potential application. The top 5 smart phones have amazing features making it hard to pick the best, however the following brief review might help in searching for the device that will suit you best.

Both the AT&T Tilt and the iPhone are touch screen smartphones, though the iPhone touch screen can be controlled by your fingers whereas controlling the AT&T Tilt touch screen requires using the included stylus. Beyond the touch screen, the iPhone has a single multi-purpose navigator button while the AT&T Tilt has several additional buttons.

As a mobile phone, the LG AT&T Multi-Touch has quad and tri band capabilities over the 2G and 3G networks, respectively. Among the usual data connectivity options present in modern day Smartphones, the only one missing on the GM750 is HSCSD. Otherwise, everything else is on board – GPRS, EDGE, 3G, WLAN, and Bluetooth.

Two really impressive features are synergy feature that arranges your calendars on Google, Facebook, Outlook, and Gmail etc and keep you abreast of your calendars and notification along with the updates from these websites. The other important feature is the one that allows for multitasking. You do not need to exit one function in order to open the other one while using Palm Pre mobile phone.

The LG Cookie has a sleek and very minimalist facade with a 3 inch touchscreen TFT display. Its front panel is not cluttered with control buttons. As budget phone, the Cookie can offer superior touchscreen performance with highly responsive screen. You can use its available stylus if you do not want to smudge your screen with lots of fingerprints.

A TFT capacitive touchscreen matrix that can support up to 16 million colours for a high quality resolution. It also has a multi-touch input function and an advanced accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate, in landscape and portrait layout options.

LG AT&T Multi-Touch has a speakerphone that gives you the freedom of a hands free calling experience. A complete recharged battery will give you a standby talk time of up to 300 hours.The memory of LG KS 500 can be expanded with the help of an external memory card that has a capacity of 8Gbytes. The in-built memory of the mobile phone is one hundred megabytes.

Lastly take its standard battery features that can support up to 9 hours GSM talk time or 400 hours of stand by mode. So, overall LG AT&T Multi-Touch is undoubtedly fits in the criteria of the next generation handset with a number of sophisticated features. It certainly gives an experience of using mini laptop in your pocket. Go for it…

Smartphones have become a part of contemporary life. Although some time ago, we wouldn’t think what the difference between a common cell phone and a smartphone is, today, with the massive increase in the smartphone sales, we have started wondering which the best smartphone is. Evolving from personal digital assistants (PDAs), a whole cluster of super smartphones has swept the market, allowing people to stay connected. However, from this whole set of newcomers, there are certain smartphones that really stand out in terms of functionality, OS and high-end technology.

In particular:

a) Apple iPhone 3GS

Apple iPhone 3GS is the best smartphone on the market. Coming with a 16GB and 32GB storage memory, Apple’s iPhone features a 600MHz processor and 256MB RAM, offering users much more than what a smartphone can offer.

Featuring a 3.0 iPhone Software, iPhone provides new features such as cut and paste, universal search, and a keyboard that works even with e-mail. What is great is that users who own previous iPhone models can download and upgrade to the iPhone 3.0 software for free. The iPhone doesn’t feature too many apps on its own, but offers quick access to Apple’s App Store, where users can browse and download thousands of apps, either for free or for subscription and select titles to download to their phone.

What is impressive about the iPhone is its ergonomics. Slim and sleek, weighing 134 grams, the iPhone features a 3.5″ touch screen that houses all apps. However, most of the impressive features are hidden inside the iPhone where technology takes the smartphone experience to another dimension. The iPhone 3GS runs twice as fast as any 3G model, from switching apps to opening attachments and sending text messages, and has a longer battery although high-speed networks need more power.

iPhone comes with a 3-megapixel camera, yet without a flash, a video capture ability at 30 frames p/s, iTunes feature, voice control interface, support for Nike + technology, support for stereo Bluetooth and enhanced GPS capabilities.

The Apple iPhone 3GS comes at a retail price of $199.99 (16GB) and at $299.99 (32GB).

b) Samsung Omnia II

Combining an extraordinary fusion of features aiming to satisfy the needs of the most demanding customer, Samsung Omnia II overcomes Windows Mobile’s limitations, standing out as one of the best smartphones to date.

Its large 3.7″ WVGA AMOLED touch screen with 480X800 pixels resolution puts Samsung ahead competition. The screen definitely offers good image quality with a sharper and brighter picture, while consuming less power. In terms of sensitivity, the Omnia is carefully designed so as every touch is accompanied by a gentle vibration. Knowing how much technology is inside the Omnia, it is amazing how light this smartphone is. Weighing only 129 grams – including the battery – and being only 12.5mm thick, the Omnia is extremely fashionable being one of the most attractive smartphones on the market.

Featuring state-of-the-at technology, the Omnia provides users with a smooth and effortless touch screen interaction. In fact, this might be the first Windows Mobile PocketPC that shifts technology to another level integrating a multimedia entertainment device on which users can watch movies on perfect quality, using part of the handset’s gigantic 16GB memory. Besides, it features a 5-megapixel camera with flash, an accelerometer for the web browser, photo gallery, and video player, FM radio, a 3.5mm headphone jack, 8GB of internal storage and microSD card slot, which allows users to store a huge number of video formats and large playlists of music. Besides, the Omnia II supports a wide range of audio and video codecs such as DivX, XviD, WMV, MPEG4, MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA and OGG.

The Omnia starts at a retail price of $199.99.

c) Palm Pre Web OS

Palm Pre was one of the gadgets of 2009. Being widely regarded as the iPhone’s direct competitor, Palm Pre has fascinated consumers upon its launch. Featuring a 3.1″ multi-touch screen and a sliding full QWERTY keyboard, Palm Pre is the first phone to run on the Web OS technology allowing users to have an exhilarating web-connected experience.

One of the best features of Palm Pre is Synergy, a contact / calendar management system that merges Gmail account, Facebook profile, AIM identity, and Exchange data, killing duplicate entries, and creating linked contacts. In that way, users can have a merged contact list of all their social networking websites and e-mail account. Besides, the calendar application automatically synchronizes to the Gmail or Facebook account and allows users to hook into other applications on the device. For instance, they can buy tickets for an event via Fandango and schedule the even ton the calendar.

The OS platform features nice, glossy icons, a 5-app launch bar and a menu system of three screens. The Card system is, admittedly, a fine way for users to keep track of what they are working on. When launching an application, they can drag it onto the Pre’s desktop to create a new card, and when they are finished, they can close it by flipping the card upwards. The input technology that excludes the screen is also state-of-the-art. Palm features the gesture bar, an empty surface under the screen that allows users to streamline some of the navigation so that they can use the Pre on the go. Overall, the OS is extremely user-friendly, integrated in an amazing design that provides users a unique feeling when touching the interface, while the phone’s look is very advanced.

Featuring a 3-MP camera with flash, Wi-Fi-, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, microUSB, and 8GB of internal storage, Palm Pre starts at a retail price of $149.99.

d) Motorola Droid

The Motorola Droid signifies Motorola’s comeback in the smartphone market. Featuring the first commercially available Android 2.0 hidden in a slim device, the Motorola Droid comes with a 3.7″ WVGA touch screen that natively supports 854×480 resolution, making images considerably sharp and bright. Besides, the clarity of the text is exceptional as the Droid features excellent pixel density allowing users to read e-books as if they are on their PCs.

Droid is an advanced Android phone featuring a QWERTY slider keyboard. The keyboard keys are bigger and flatter than those of the Droid’s competitors such as HTC Touch Pro or the N900. This allows users to type more comfortably using their thumbs instead of their thumbnails.

The Droid features Google’s latest version of Android OS that supports a relatively fast 3D graphics chip. Besides, the native support for Exchange, the unified contact list and the exceptional new mapping and navigation application from Google make Motorola Droid a good option for a smartphone.

The Motorola Droid starts at a retail price of $199.99.

e) HTC Touch Pro 2

The HTC Touch Pro 2 is perhaps the largest smartphone on the market. Although it has a nice design with its attractive silver casing and opaque mirrored face, it weighs 185 grams, which makes it bulky, thick, heavy and uncomfortable to carry in a pants pocket.

On the other hand, the Touch Pro 2 features an exceptional keyboard. Sliding and tilting to allow for a better typing angle, the Pro’s keyboard features an isolated key design that is mostly encountered in laptops and netbooks. Featuring large keys that enable users to type comfortably and quickly, the Touch Pro feels like typing on a laptop.

Besides, it features a 3.6″480 x 800 resolution touch screen that supports sharp and bright colors allowing users to view text and images. Besides, the extra screen real estate enables users to read Web pages, documents, and long e-mails by fitting more information onscreen and minimizing scrolling. Also, the built-in accelerometer automatically switches the screen from portrait mode to landscape mode, simply by rotating the phone.

The HTC Touch Pro 2 comes at a retail price of $199.99.

A smartphone is basically a cellphone with some of the basic features of a computer or personal digital assistance. With the help of this gadget you can make phone calls, send and receive emails and edit office documents. Some find it as a small PC that enables phone calls, others call it a phone that runs operating systems and provides standardized interface. Overall, the device is a complete mobile phone with advanced features of accessing internet and emails.

There are many people who spend a hefty amount on a smartphone, but use the device as any other cell phones (only for simple voice communication) as they fail to explore the device and its features. Spending some time to learn the features of this new generation phone can definitely help you discover innumerable benefits from the device.

Software:

Any basic mobile phone is operated with the help of software that helps them include an address book, allow searches through the address or perform any other operation depending on the model. The software in a smartphone has advanced features that allow you create and edit new MS Office documents and download applications such as personal and business finance manager.

The software also increases the functionality of the device by allowing you to get driving directions through GPS receivers, edit photos, and create a play list of digital music. Basically, the phones are based on operating systems that aid to run productive applications. While Blackberry phones are featured with specific blackberry OS, others have Windows Mobile or Palm OS.

Managing calls:

The Smartphone is still a basic cell phone despite all the digital gadgetry. The user can manage multiple conferences and concurrent calls on the cell phone with the help of user interface. Apart from changing the ringing and ring tones based on callers or groups, the cell phone allows you to record the calls to digital files and save them to your PC.

Access to internet:

Thanks to the Wi-Fi (wireless network) support to the handset and the 3G data networks, the Smartphone users can access the internet at higher speed. You can use the device to browse your favorite websites, and receive and send emails. The phone can automatically reformat the HTML pages for display on small screen. Additionally, the device can also access Web 2.0 content.

Advance GPS features:

The Smartphone users can obtain current location by connecting to portable GPS receiver or integrating a GPS receiver to the device. You can get driving directions, point of interest in the locality, or search businesses by using the gadget. The Bluetooth technology in some phones enables you detect people around you.

QWERTY keyboard:

For cellphone users who have got bored of pressing `1` to type `a, b and c`, there is good news. Now, with your Smartphone, you can get a keyboard like the one that you use with your computer where the keys are not in alphabetical order. You can use a physical keyboard to type on or a touch screen like an iPhone which is operated by software.

Multimedia features:

Smartphones are also featured with built-in digital camera and a sound recorder. Apart from taking still pictures, you can also record video clips. The features also allow you to share MMSes and SMSes to other smart phones or email addresses. With the help of additional software you can also share blog content and photos from websites.

These are the few features of the Smartphone that really make the device a functional one. With the continuous changing technology, we can look forward to a more superior and high-end Smartphone in a couple of years.

The year that went past may remind many things for many people. But for technology buffs and gizmo freaks it was certainly the year of smartphones. Those who take pride in being the first few to lay hands on and use fancy new phones, had many a busy days in 2008 with a slew of smartphones that were launched amidst much fanfare.

It all started in the last week of June 2008 when Apple launched its much hyped and anticipated iPhone 3G. The long queues outside the stores selling the iPhone, reams of newsprint, the amount of airtime on television channels and the thousands of dedicated web pages and blog posts for the iPhone were ample proof to show the level of expectation for the gadget. And the gizmo largely lived up to the expectation. Economic slowdown or not, the iPhone ensured that it brought in enough moolah for Apple. The iPhone 3G was followed by a slew of smartphones launched to cash in on the smartphone fever. The HTC came out with its first touch screen phone the HTC Touch Diamond, which was greeted with quite a warm response. For RIM, makers of the Blackberry smartphones, it was a double shot as they launched two new models, the Blackberry Bold and the first touch screen Blackberry Storm

. It’s not just the hardware but also the software that maketh a phone. That was the message from Google as it launched its first open source mobile software Android through the HTC G1 phone. Now many other cell phone makers and carriers have shown interest in using the Android software.

It’s not just sufficient to have the best cell phones and smartphones. An efficient service provider and good cell phone rate plans that suits our need are also essentials to ensure that the phones serve the intended purpose. Cell service comparison is essential to ensure that it’s not just the phone but also the user who is smart.

Gadgets are really indispensable in this time and age. As such, people put much importance in the gadgets that they use. This is clearly seen in the choice of cellphones, particularly Smartphones. Smartphones have different kinds, various brands, and an assortment of styles and designs where one can select accordingly to their personal tastes. Moreover, Smartphones can aid in organizing daily transactions and business. Plus, it can serve as sources of entertainment, information and ready access to communication.

What’s more, Smartphones allow you to navigate the internet via a global positioning device or GPS. In brief, GPS is a worldwide satellite navigational system formed by 24 satellites orbiting the earth and their corresponding receivers on the earth. The GPS device was first operated by the U.S. Department of Defense but has now become a center of technology. It is now being utilized for cartography, exploration, wildlife management and supervising the movement of people and things. Customized for Smartphones, it enables one to surf the net or even create documents and graphics, store high-definition videos and pictures, and gazillion music for one’s own listening pleasure.

Besides its internet features, Smartphones are also affordable, especially if compared to the iPhone which definitely commands a high-price. In fact, if you want to be more economical, you can opt to purchase a used Smartphone. It will not be as shining and as sleek as the brand new models, but it works just the same and you can get it at a lesser cost.

Clearly, Smartphones have its advantages that can really help and entertain you.

When you compare smartphones there are a variety of things to take into consideration, including functionality, user-friendliness, size, price, and more. A smartphone is a great tool and offers many benefits to the user, whether for professional use or personal. The key, however, is to find the one that meets your needs and wants, and does so for the best price possible.

If you are not all that familiar with smartphones, it may be helpful to understand just what they are all about. A smartphone is, in a nutshell, a cell phone and miniature computer all-in-one, that can fit in your pocket. Some of the best smart phones on the market today can virtually replace laptops for both business and personal use. So we are talking about an extremely powerful tool which can offer a great deal of convenience. As far as major brands go, some of the best smart phones available today can be found in brands like Blackberry, Apple, HTC, Nokia, Palm, Samsung etc. These companies and smartphones have established reputations for good quality, of course there are always exceptions.

With that in mind, here are four things to look for when you compare smartphones:

1. Functionality – Everybody likes to have tools, gadgets, equipment, etc. that have lots of functions. In fact, this is most likely the primary reason you want to get a smartphone and are comparing different ones. There are many different choices out there, but most of the newer ones offer cameras, music, videos, web browsing, file transferring, Wi-Fi, GPS, and a great deal more. And the very best smart phones can perform these functions faster than ever before. We are a “gotta have it now culture” and speed is important.

2. User Friendliness – Cool tools and functions are great, but if the smartphone is too complicated to use in a quick and easy manner, it may not be the right one for you. When you compare smartphones, ideally you are probably going to want one that makes it easy to access and use all the different tools available, and does it without any kind of glitches or problems. If it has a keyboard, you want it to one that is quick and easy to use. One thing to keep in mind, the smaller the keyboard the harder it will be to avoid typos. If it has a touchscreen, does the smartphone repond readily to the touch, or do you have to continuously push at the icon or use your stylus all the time? Things to consider. The layout of keyboard, touchscreen, D-pad, and other functional buttons is also important. the smaller the phones get, the more bunched together some of these buttons become, and this can make it easier to hit the wrong buttons, icon, etc. which can lead to frustrations and headaches.

3. Size – Size matters! This is especially true when it comes to things like computers, phones, and all sorts of electronic and digital gadgets. We want ever-increasing speed and power, but in an eve-decreasing package. So, when you compare smartphones size is important. Questions you might consider: Is it too bulky to easily carry in a pocket or handbag? How big is the display? How small is too small, i.e. some of the problems addressed in “user-friendliness.” Small is good when it comes to smartphones, but you do not want it so small that it makes your experience something less than positive.

4. Price – Unfortunately, price is a big factor for most of us. Most smartphones, for what they have to offer, come with a relatively inexpensive price. The key when shopping for a smartphone isto figure out exactly what you need first. This includes tools, features, functions, and benefits. Then you need to decide what other features and functions you would like but are not necessities. Finally, do a little reasearch into specific phones, find a few fits, and then look for the best prices available (more on that later).

There you have it, four key things to look for when you compare smartphones. Of course there are other things to look at as well, including looks, materials, brand names, reputations, carriers, etc. But these four areas should give you a good feel for what you need, want, and are ultimately looking for.

Here is a short list of some of the best smart phones available right now:

RIM Blackberry Bold
Nokia E71
Samsung Omnia
Apple iPhone 3G
AT&T Tilt
HTC Touch Pro
Palm Centro

That is just a quick look at some of the top phones of this year  from some of the various brands and carriers. There should be a good match somewhere on that list for just about anybody as you apply the principles above to compare smartphones.