2009 has seen some truly brilliant smartphones arrive on shelves, and now it's time for the best of the best. Let's take a look at the three contenders for most incredibly phone of 2009.
Nokia N900
We start with the most powerful smartphone in the Nokia portfolio. Their newest smartphone is the first of a new breed; it is the first mobile phone in history to use the brilliant Maemo UI (which was previously to be seen in the Finnish manufacturer's selection of tablet computers). Give a warm welcome to the Nokia N900. The Maemo OS provides the Nokia N900 with a finger friendly user interface, and on top of that, the phone has an integrated QWERTY thumbboard, and it has more methods of interacting with the phone than ever before. It's not only about the OS, though, since the Nokia N900 is full to bursting with top-end features. A 5 megapixel camera lets you take superb photos, the multimedia player is stunning, and with HSDPA and GPS, the Nokia N900 certainly isn't short of connectivity options.
Palm Pre
On the other hand, in the world of the phone's interface, one single phone beats both of the other mobile phones in this article, hands down: the unique Palm Pre. This is simply because the Palm Pre is runs on an entirely bespoke operating system known as WebOS, which is easily the slickest, most intuitive operating system which has ever been released. Along with intuitive gesture controls and finger sweeps for EVERY action on the phone, the Palm Pre also gives you tight integration between its different apps. Book a movie ticket using one app, and the Palm Pre instantly updates the calendar with the show time. Multitask lots of powerful apps, and watch the Palm Pre run without slowing down at all. In the world of the user interface, basically, the Palm Pre just cannot be beaten!
HTC HD2
So, we have the Nokia N900 with that Maemo interface, and then there's the Palm Pre, which features WebOS. And then you have the HTC HD2; it holds the record for the largest screen seen on a mobile phone. Coming in at a huge 4.3 inches, it is simply gargantuan, and the high, 800x480 resolution makes it incredibly easy to use things like scrollbars and drop-down menus. However, the HTC HD2 actually does a superb job of making it so you don't have to drill down into the normal Windows menus very often, because on top of the operating system, the interface is HTC's intuitive Sense UI, where you do everything by way of a range of finger swipes and sweeping motions. It is incredibly simple to use, and it (along with the truly awesome 1GHz Snapdragon processor) is what makes the HTC HD2 such an unmitigated joy to use. Of course, it's not all about being raw processing power, a phone has to have decent features and the HTC HD2 has them in spades, from the 5 megapixel camera, through GPS, to incredibly fast HSDPA internet access (not to mention the superb Opera Mobile web browser), which is why many people see it as the best mobile phone EVER.
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