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Being more powerful than any other mobile communications device, the HTC TyTN II takes connectivity to the supreme level. The HTC TyTN II supports all kind of networks and guarantees that you will be capable to stay in touch with your friends anywhere in the world.

When it comes to design, this smart phone is very similar to the first TyTN but it is more solid and it brings a lot of changes. The HTC TyTN II is neither small nor ultra-slim, having a case made of resistant plastic with 112 x 59 x 19 mm in dimensions and 190 grams in weight.  With a rubber-non-slippery back, rounded edges and a sliding spring-assisted mechanism, this mobile phone feels very comfortable in the hand and it is easy to use.  If you slide the display, a full QWERTY keyboard will be revealed. Anyway, from the front side, it looks exactly like a regular smart phone, having a 2.8 inch touch screen, a secondary camera for video-calls and some navigation keys placed below the display.

These navigation keys include a D-pad, two soft keys, an OK button, a Message, a Windows and an Internet Explorer button plus the classic Call and End keys. On the left side you will find a wheel key (similar with that wheel key used on old Ericsson models) and a secondary OK button. These two keys help you to use this smart phone with one hand. Above them, a Voice Command button is placed. On the right side you will find the Power On/off key, a camera shutter and a stylus pen slot. On the bottom part, the HTC TyTN II has only a miniUSB port and a microSD card slot.

The 2.8 inch TFT touch screen has a native resolution of 240 x 320 pixels, the same resolution that other smart phones have. It supports 65K colors and handwriting recognition. Even if this display is not the best touch screen used on a smart phone ever, it is still very responsive and you will get a great quality of colors. For more accuracy, you can use the stylus pen which comes with this smart phone.

In photographic terms, the HTC TyTN II comes with an integrated 3.15 Megapixel camera which is capable of taking photos at a maximum resolution of 2048x1536 pixels and record clips with a speed of 30 fps. Because it lacks a flash, this camera can be useless if you want to take photos at night or if you are in a poorly lit room. The QWERTY keyboard is excellent. With 41 keys, including a Fn key, a Wi-Fi key and a My Documents key, this keyboard is very useful if you are a fast writer. The keys are large and offer positive feedback when you press them.

Powered by a Qualcomm MSM7200 400 MHz processor and 128 MB of RAM memory, this smart phone is faster than his predecessor. The internal memory is a bit low, having only 256 MB of free space. But if you want more, you can extend it up to 8 GB with a microSD card. For other connectivity modes, the HTC TyTN II has Wi-Fi, GPS, miniUSB, Bluetooth and supports GPRS, EDGE and 3G networks. The standard Li-Pol 1350 mAh battery has enough power to keep this smart phone up for 6 hours of conversations and up to 400 hours in standby mode. Anyway, because in our days new smart phones appear in every day, this awesome smart phone keeps the price at a low level. It costs only $249, a half-price of, for example, Nokia N97.

The Nokia 7373 is an upgraded version of Nokia 7370 and it is part of Nokia L'Amour series. It is a visually impressive cell phone which is available in a variety of colors (for example Powder Pink and Bronze Black), with a slightly more male graphic. The Nokia 7373 has the same spin mechanism as the 7370. It is a compact phone when closed and for opening you only need to push the keyboard on any side.

The exterior finish of the phone is amazing, with a developed area, greatly decorated with a relief finish. A negative aspect is that the phone must be opened to access to its functions - while other phones that have rotary or sliding mechanisms have at least some navigation keys on the outside, so the phone can be used even when it is closed. With a case made of resistant plastic, with 88 x 43 x 23 mm in dimensions and 104 grams in weight, the Nokia 7373 seems to be a cell phone designed especially for women, but it fits great in your hands even if you are a man.

The Nokia 7373 has the same high resolution display like its predecessors. It is equipped with a 2 inch display with a native resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. Even if this display supports 256K colors, being a bit glossy you will have some problems to see images if you are under sunlight. For taking photos, the Nokia 7373 has an integrated 2.0 Megapixel camera which can take pictures at a maximum resolution of 1600 x 1200 pixels.

This camera can also record clips, but not at an awesome quality. This cell phone also has a competent music player, with a media player compatible with MP3, AAC, WMA and other popular formats. The audio quality is quite good, with simulated 3D sound from two speakers and stereo headphone jack.

An improvement for this phone is that Nokia manufacturer has added a MicroSD memory slot. This means you can extend the 8 MB of internal memory up to 2 GB to store MP3 tracks, photos or videos. In the package you will find a 128 MB card, which is enough for starters. The Nokia 7373 has all the other features that you might expect from a mid-level phone: Bluetooth and USB connectivity, high speed internet, high quality MP3 ringtones, headphones, speakerphone and Java games. Nokia 7373 phone is impressive, well above the 7370 version. It not only looks interesting, but it is also efficient. If battery life were better, it could be categorized in 5 Stars Category.

The standard Li-Ion 700 mAh (BL-4B) battery is capable of keeping this mobile phone on up to 2 hours and 30 minutes of conversation and up to 250 hours in standby mode. These values are not the best for a phone in our days, but nobody said that the Nokia 7373 is a perfect cell phone. With many great features and a small price, this handset can be a great choice if you are looking for an elegant cell phone. With a price of $190, the Nokia 7373 is an amazing cell phone which anyone can afford.

The Sony Ericsson Satio was one of the most awaited phones of 2009. This Symbian smart phone with large touch screen manages to impress both by design, as well as by the features. The 12 megapixel camera is one of the best ones ever seen on a cell phone. Despite these enviable performances, the Sony Ericsson Satio failed to become very popular. Many other phones with similar features appeared and Sony Ericsson is not yet known for smart phones.

In terms of size, the phone fits very well into the normal smart phone category.  It has 112 x 55 x 13 mm in dimensions and a total weight of 126 grams. To maintain a normal weight for Satio, the manufacturer has chosen a resistant and high-quality plastic which is available in three colors (black, silver and Bordeaux) and it makes this phone very solid and very attractive.

The front side is dominated by a large 3.5 inch touch screen.  Above it, there is an ambient light sensor, a secondary camera for video calls and of course, the loudspeaker. Under the screen we have only three keys: Call and End keys, and Menu button. For such a large touch screen the Sony Ericsson Satio could not lack a proximity sensor. On the left side you will find a button for locking the display, a universal port (for attaching headphones, charger and connect to a PC via USB) and a microSD card slot.

On the right side you will find five buttons: two buttons for volume and zoom, a camera shutter, a button for opening the gallery and a key which helps you switch the camera shooting modes. The power button is placed on the top and on the bottom part the Sony Ericsson Satio has a speaker.

On the back of the phone you'll find an impressive 12 Megapixel camera which has a Xenon Flash and a LED Flash. The two small holes around the camera are designed for sensors that measures and adjusts image brightness during photo capturing or video recording. This camera is capable of taking pictures at a maximum resolution of 4000 x 3000 pixels and recording videos at a VGA resolution with a speed of 30 fps. The Sony Ericsson Satio has a 3.5 inch touch screen with a native resolution of 360 x 640 pixels. Supporting 16 million colors, this display makes the Satio an excellent smart phone. It offers superior image quality with a great contrast and brightness for a TFT display.

When it comes to connectivity, the Sony Ericsson Satio is equipped with GPRS, EDGE, 3G and HSUPA features for data transfer and many other high-end features like Wi-Fi, DLNA Bluetooth, TV-out, USB 2.0 and GPS. Sony Ericsson's web browser supports Flash and JavaScript Satio.

Powered by a powerful ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics processor and 256 MB of RAM memory, the Sony Ericsson Satio is capable of loading the pages quickly. The large screen is suitable for Internet use. I noticed however a problem when scrolling pages in the browser, running is not uniform. The browser can open multiple pages at once. He did well even with web pages that contain more flash applications.

To be a part of the top-smart phone category, the Sony Ericsson Satio comes with a standard Li-Pol 1000 mAh battery capable of keeping this cell phone on for up to 4 hours and 50 minutes of conversations (3G mode) and up to 340 hours in standby mode. Even if these values are a bit low, considering that this phone is equipped only with high-end technology and having a price of $479, this phone is one of the best in the entire world.

Today, on the market, you can find a lot of mobile phone models, each being very powerful and having a lot of technology features. The Nokia N Series mobile phones are the best handsets in the world being the result of a combination between a multimedia cell phone with a business class smart phone.



One of the Nokia N Series mobile phones which shocked the world being equipped only with top-technology features is the Nokia N70. With a case made of top-quality paint in a great combination between silver and black and a high-quality construction, this cell phone is very attractive. The Nokia N70 comes equipped with a 2.0 Megapixel camera, a 2.1 TFT display (with a native resolution of 176 x 208 pixels) and 22 MB of internal memory (which can be extended up to 8 GB with a RS-DV-MMC card). Powered by a TI OMAP 1710 220 MHz processor and having a Symbian OS 8.1a, Series 60 UI interface, the Nokia N70 is capable to run applications quickly without lag.

If you want to have a cell phone which can replace a digital camera and even a video-camera, you can choose the Nokia N90. No other phone has recorded and played movies at a resolution as high as Nokia N90, which makes it the ideal champion for travels, while searching for a new apartment or family gatherings. The 0.1 Megapixel video-camera (352 x 288 pixels) means four times more than the other cell phones with video recording capabilities.

It comes equipped with a 2.1 inch TFT display (with a native resolution of 352 x 416 pixels), an external 65K colors display (with a native resolution of 128 x 128), a 2 Megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and 64 MB of internal memory (which can be extended up to 8 GB with a RS-DV-MMC card).

The Nokia N95, another Nokia N Series mobile phone, is technically, one of the most advanced smart phones ever created, providing satellite navigation GPS, a 5 Megapixel camera and autofocus, 3G video calling and any other features that you can think of. If you've used another Nokia N Series phone or a Symbian handset, then it will surely impress you. It comes with a 5 Megapixel camera (being the first phone with such a powerful camera), a 2.6 inch TFT display, integrated GPS navigator, Wi-Fi and 160 MB of free space (which can be extended up to 8 GB with a microSD card).

But this mobile phone has its positive and its negative aspects as well. Powered by an Dual ARM 11 332 MHz processor; 3D Graphics HW Accelerator, 64 MB of RAM memory and having a Symbian OS 9.2, S60 rel. 3.1 interface, it runs very slow for a modern smart phone.

The battery life is also a bit too short. It is capable of keeping this phone up for only 6 hours of conversations and up to 200 hours in standby mode. But with such a lot of power and high-end technologies, these negative aspects will not be a problem. Anyway, the Nokia N Series mobile phones, even if they have the most powerful components and a lot of top-features, the price for a unit is not that low because technology is not so cheap.

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.

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.