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Even if in the last year we haven’t seen a revolution in the smart phone segment, the well known brands have been capable of launching new models of smart phones, equipped with more powerful features and having a better design. For our top 10 smart phones we have chosen only 10 models which we think are the best handsets in the world.

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The 10^th place is occupied by the Samsung i7500 Galaxy. This smart phone is equipped with a 3.2 inch AMOLED touch screen (with a maximum resolution of 480 x 320 pixels), 8 GB of free space (which can be extended up to 16 GB with a microSD card), a Qualcomm MSM7200A 528 MHz processor and an Android 1.5 interface. For taking photos, this smart phone has a 5 Megapixel camera with a lot of high-end features. Being a top smart phone, the Samsung i7500 Galaxy has many connectivity features like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB and GPS, features which are common on all new smart phone models.

The 9^th place is occupied by the Apple iPhone 3GS. Even if the release of the first model was eagerly awaited by everyone, the release of the third iPhone model did not draw so much attention.  The iPhone 3GS comes with the same design like the first model, but it is faster and more powerful. We choose the iPhone 3GS as part of our top 10 smart phones because it is equipped with the best capacitive touch screen, 16 or 32 GB of free memory, a 3.15 Megapixel camera, an ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics processor and 256 MB of RAM memory.

On the 8^th place you can find the Toshiba TG01. Toshiba TG01 impresses with its 4.1 inch screen and the processing power which is matched by only few smart phones at the moment. It comes with a 3.15 Megapixel camera, a Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz processor, 256 MB of RAM memory and 512 MB of free space (which can be extended up to 16 GB with a microSD card). Like all the handsets which are part of our top 10 smart phones, it has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB, 3G and GPS.

For the 7^th place we have chosen the Sony Ericsson Satio. It is the first smart phone in the world which comes equipped with a 12 Megapixel camera. It has a 3.5 inch TFT touch screen, 128 MB of free space (which can be extended up to 32 GB with a microSD card), 256 MB of RAM memory and an ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics processor. Why isn’t this smart phone our number one choice? Well, even if it has been combined with high-end technologies and it is the first smart phone with a 12 Megapixel camera, Sony Ericsson has launched this model with a lot of software malfunctions.

The Samsung i8910 Omnia HD takes the 6^th place. Like the Galaxy or Satio, Samsung Omnia HD is oriented on the multimedia side, although in terms of operating platform we are dealing with a smart phone. The ability to shoot and play HD movies is the strongest point of this smart phone. Equipped with a 3.7 inch TFT touch screen capable of supporting 16 million colors, an 8 Megapixel HD camera and 16 GB of free space (which can be extended up to 32 GB with a microSD card), this smart phone has many fans.

The 5^th place is occupied by HTC Hero. This phone may look like it has everything, but in fact it is missing on one of the most important features. It lacks a QWERTY keyboard.  If it were equipped with a QWERTY keyboard, it could not have only 112 x 56.2 x 14.4 mm in dimensions and 135 grams in weight, extraordinary values for a smart phone. It also comes with a 3.2 inch touch screen, a 5 Megapixel camera, 512 MB of free space (which can be extended up to 32 GB with a microSD card) and a lot of connectivity features.

On the 4^th place, the Nokia N97 is desirable even if it has minor shortcomings. Even if comes with a lot of technology like 5 Megapixel camera, a 3.5 inch touch screen, a full-QWERTY keyboard and a very optimized Symbian interface, it has many bugs and an immature interface. Another negative aspect which places this handset on the 4^th spot of our top 10 smart phones is that it has a huge price.

The 3^rd place is occupied by Motorola MILESTONE. The Motorola MILESTONE has a huge potential and the only reason why it is not on the first place is that it is not marketed in many countries yet. It is a complete device which reminds us that Motorola has invented the mobile phone.

Our second place goes to the HTC HD2.  We choose this smart phone for second place because it has the biggest touch screen used on a mobile phone ever (4.3 inch and 800 x 480 pixels resolution), the most powerful processor and not less than 448 MB of RAM memory. It is not a handset without flaws, but the photos or recorded clips’ quality does not matter that much when you can browse the internet almost as well as on a laptop.

Finally, we have reached the first place. The best smart phone of 2009, by our classification, is the Nokia N900. Even if it has many similar features with other models in our top, the most impressive aspect is that the Nokia N900 has an OS Linux Maemo operating system. Powered by an ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics processor, 256 MB of RAM memory and this new kind of operating system, this smart phone promises to be a revolution in smart phone terms.