Cool Devices - 2008 overview

I will start a series of posts regarding new and cool devices that I discover.

Let's start with what exists, regarding smartphones. First, there is the cool and fun Nokia N95 that we already have at the institute. There are a lot of cool applications for this phone and many of them are actually amazing. Check this site: http://www.nokia.com/betalabs to see a lot of cool ideas.

One of the hot devices of the last year was clearly the Google G1, created by HTC, Google and T-Mobile. It has a lot of features, it is the first smartphone running the Android OS, has an electronic compass so you don't get lost in the woods :) Btw.. if you want one you don't need to sign a contract with T-Mobile, you can buy it unlocked !?! (yes, unlocked) from the android market website (google for Android Market and you'll find it).

The big hero of 2008 of course, the iPhone. Only one phone has been able to get almost 10 % of the phone market, it's unbelliveble. Lots of applications for it on the apple store. I am still a fan of Nokia even if the iPhone is really cool :)

Now my favourite... the Nokia N97 . You must check this phone out. It is really amazing. I don't know exactly if it features a GPU like the N95 but it has a huge touchscreen, a full qwerty keyboard that slides out under the phone, all the nice features of a cool smartphone (5MP camera Carl Zeiss optics, GPS, accelerometer, 32GB of memory - OMG -). This smartphone will be available in the mid 2009.

Some other cool devices that have appeared in 2008 are the Blackberry Bold (they say it has an unique touch-screen) and the Samsung INNOV8 which features an 8MP camera (huge!).