Best Smartphones and Mobile Devices at CES 2008

Posted by Oren Todoros Sunday, December 30, 2007

CES 2008 in Sin City is just around the corner and I've been scouring the net to find any info I can related to new mobile devices that will be debuted at the show. There are a few I am betting on to take a good chunk of the market in 2008 while others will be more of a passing fad. Bellow are a few devices I'm looking forward to seeing however keep in mind that these devices may actually not be available at CES but the rumors of having a working demo of them is highly possible.

Meizu M8 MiniOne

A retail version may be available as early as February. Yes the Meizu does resemble the Iphone in many ways however Meizu has nothing to worry about when it comes to copyright infringements. Take a look as Samsung; I would categorize them as the world leaders in stealing other companies winning designs such as the Samsung blackjack. By the time a case like this goes to court "if ever", trial hearings and verdict, Meizu will have already sold millions of devices. The worst that can happen is that they can be ordered to cease selling the device which by that time they would have moved on to several other mobile devices anyway.



The Neonode N2


Participating at CES for the first time, Neonode: http://www.neonode.com
will exhibit its N2 mobile phone and new concepts. The Neonode N2 was actually released in the middle of 2007 in Europe so expect this to hit the streets everywhere else by early 2008. Applications on this device include: MP3 Player (MP3, WMA, Wav), Calendar and Address book synchronized using ActiveSync.




Ugly incarnations of the Google Android phone


You're more likely to catch updated versions of the Android at the World Congress confab, which starts Feb. 11 in Barcelona. My guess is that the Android will still make a guest appearance in all its clunky looking device glory. In all fairness, Google has made it clear that they're not in the business to produce mobile devices, but rather a Linux-based mobile phone platform named Android set to run on hundreds of mobile devices by industry leaders. From what the video footage shows, it's going to be a smooth ride.






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