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This year has seen some truly brilliant smartphones turn up on the market, and now it’s time to find the best devices out there. Let’s take a look at the main contenders for best phone of this year.

Nokia N900

We begin by acknowledging the most advanced smartphone in the Nokia catalogue. Their latest smartphone is the first in a new breed; this is the first phone in history to feature the brilliant Maemo interface (heretofore used only in the Finnish manufacturer’s internet tablet range). Say hello to the Nokia N900. This Maemo OS provides the Nokia N900 with a finger friendly UI, and on top of that, the phone has a built in QWERTY thumbboard, meaning that it’s got more ways to access the phone than just the touchscreen. It’s not solely about the OS, however, as the Nokia N900 is full to bursting with top-end features. A 5 megapixel camera makes for superb photos, the multimedia player is stunning, and best of all, the Nokia N900 has a web browser, based on the world famous Firefox browser, which even supports Flash.

Palm Pre

However, in the world of phone interfaces, one phone canes both of the phones on this article, hands down: the unique Palm Pre. That’s because the Palm Pre is runs on a totally custom operating system called WebOS, which is undoubtedly the slickest, most user-friendly interface that’s appeared on any mobile phone. Using intuitive gesture controls and finger sweeps for EVERY interaction with the phone, the Palm Pre also includes tight synergy between its different apps. Book a movie ticket using one app, and the Palm Pre automatically updates the calendar with the show time. Multitask loads of powerful apps, and watch the Palm Pre run without any effort or lag. When it comes to interfaces, essentially, the Palm Pre is unbeatable!

HTC HD2

So, we have the Nokia N900 with its Maemo interface, and then you’ve got the Palm Pre, which sports WebOS. And then you’ve got the Windows Mobile contender, the HTC HD2; it holds the record for the biggest screen found on a mobile phone. At a whopping 4.3 inches, it is truly vast, and the WVGA, 800×480 resolution makes it incredibly easy to use things such as scrollbars in menus. However, the HTC HD2 actually does a very good job of making it so you do not need to go into the standard Windows menus that much, because sitting atop the operating system, the OS is HTC’s intuitive Sense UI, where you do everything through a range of finger swipes and sweeping motions. It is incredibly simple to use, and it (along with the lightning fast 1GHz Snapdragon CPU) is the reason why the HTC HD2 is such an unmitigated joy to use. Of course, it’s not all about being raw processing power, a phone has to have good 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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