THE BEST Cellphones

From the same company that made Helio’s Ocean, Pantech’s Matrix Pro is coming 2/24; it features a dual-sliding keypad+QWERTY, 3G speeds, video share calling and WinMo 6.1

Ideal for sporting types who disdain in-ear headsets, Adtech’s AD-MB80 Bluetooth wristphone syncs to your cellphone; it features a speaker and up to 4.5 hours of talk time.

Not wanting to be left behind in the camera race, Nokia’s N86 sports an 8MP camera, scratch-resistant 2.6″ OLED screen, 8GB storage and a dual sliding design with keypad.

Windows Mobile 6.5 gets an improved touchscreen interface, user customizable widgets and My Phone web-based sync; Marketplace for Mobile will feature 20k+ apps.

Acer has a dropped a foursome of Smartphones, including two giant 3.8″ touchscreen models (M900, DX900) and two 2.8″ touchscreen phones; so far, they’ll only run WinMo 6.1.

The HTC Magic is the second Google phone; it ditches the G1’s physical keyboard for a 3.2″ touchscreen, thereby reducing thickness; at the moment, it’s only for European users.

With a giant 3.7″ touchscreen, 8MP camera that does 720p, HD video out, and 16GB storage in a 12.7mm thick body, the OmniaHD is calling to us (by video, since it does that, too).

Superficially a sliderless version of the E75, the candybar Nokia E55 features a half-QWERTY keyboard, 2.4″ QVGA screen, 3G, and 2GB MicroSD card; it measures only 9.9mm thick.

Remember the Edge cellphone concept? LG was apparently cooking up the real deal with the GD900, which features a glowing transparent sliding keypad; it’ll be out in late 2009.

For DJs who want to scratch on the go, Samsung’s BEAT DJ and BEAT Disc both feature Bang & Olefson amps; the DJ gets a 2.8″ AMOLED screen while the Disc gets a slide-out keypad.

Based on the old 9300 Communicator, Nokia’s E75 is a slider phone with two sets of keys (one full QWERTY), a 2.4″ QVGA screen, 3.2 MP camera, 3G connectivity and 4GB storage.

The Sony Ericsson W995 (aka Hikaru) is their flagship Walkman phone, with an 8.1 MP camera, 2.6″ scratch-resistant TFT screen, Wi-Fi, dedicated music keys and a 8GB M2 card.

While not quite ready for production, Sony Ericsson’s Idou is a promising new candybar phone with a 12.1 MP camera, Xenon flash, 3.5″ 16:9 touchscreen and Symbian OS.

HTC’s Touch Pro2 offers significant improvements over the first Pro, with a spacious 3.6″ WVGA screen, touch sensitive zoom bar, new TouchFLO 3D UI and a full duplex speakerphone.

The HTC Touch Diamond2 is a worthy successor to the original Diamond, with a larger 3.2″ VGA touchscreen, touch sensitive zoom bar, and new TouchFLO 3D UI; it’s only 13.7mm thick.

The Blackberry Curve 8900 is now available at T-Mobile, but will be limited to 5 per store; this full-QWERTY smartphone features a 2.4″ screen, trackball, 3.2 MP camera, Wi-Fi and aGPS.

Leaked in advance of MWC 2009, details on Motorola’s QA4 sliderphone are scarce, but we do know it features a 2.8″ TFT touchscreen, CDMA+EVDO and a tilt sensor.

At its core a small handset, the Modu is a modular phone that can slip into one of four different jackets priced between $25 and $100; it has 2GB of memory and Bluetooth.

TeleNav’s GPS Navigator is coming 2/24 to the T-Mobile G1, allowing the Android phone to give turn-by-turn driving directions with 3D maps, traffic alerts and speech recognition.

While it may not have the 8 MP of Samsung’s UltraTouch, Sony Ericsson’s C903 aims to please the shutterbug crowd with a 5 MP camera, Smile Shutter, TV-out and geo-tagging.

The first Garmin-Asus nuvifone to run WinMo 6.1, the M20 features a 2.8″ TFT touch lens display, 4GB/8GB storage, EDGE/HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, real-time traffic and navigation.

Targeted at mp3-toting younguns, Sony Ericsson’s W395 Walkman cellphone eschews 3G for built-in stereo speakers, a 2″ scratch-proof display and motion gaming support.

Nokia’s 12mm-thin 5630 XpressMusic not only satisfies music lovers with dedicated audio keys and an FM radio, but it’s also a smartphone with S60 and HSDPA/HSUPA speeds.

Though it doesn’t run Android or Symbian, Samsung’s UltraTouch S8300 sliderphone is turning heads with a 2.8″ anti-scratch AMOLED touchscreen, 8 MP camera and 0.5″ thickness.

It may not be the freshest looking, but Canada’s Rogers is the first North American carrier with HP’s iPAQ 910c; the smartphone features WinMo 6.1, 3G speeds and a 2.4″ touchscreen.

Leaked by LG, details for their Arena KM900 cellphone are sparse; it’s obviously a touchphone a-la-iPhone with an “S-Class 3D interface” and will be announced officially on 2/16.