THE BEST Cellphones

Europe only: Nokia’s flagship music phone, the X6, offers unlimited free Nokia Music Store downloads; it boasts a 3.2″ display, 32 GB storage, HSPDA, Wi-Fi, and a 5 MP camera.

If you can get past the name, HP’s iPAQ Glisten is a BlackBerry alternative for AT&T; a 3G world-phone, it features an AMOLED touchscreen, WinMo 6.5, Wi-Fi, GPS, and full QWERTY.

‘Tis the season to be shiny: Incase’s Chrome Slider Cases are as bright as they are colorful, with black, gold, copper, and silver shells and pop-fluro interiors with rubber guardrails.

Worried about your phone frying your brain? Pong’s iPhone Case reduces radiation 65% (WIRED’s test here) by using passive antenna coupling to redirect energy away from your head.

Similar to Hard Graft’s Phone Card Wallet (albeit cheaper), Malcolm Fontier’s iMojito Wallet serves both as an iPhone case and can hold up to 6 credit cards; it’s made with PU and microfiber.

iPhone users aren’t the only ones saturating, cropping and flipping: the Photoshop Mobile App is now available on the Android Market and includes auto-upload and sharing.

Blackberry’s Curve 8530 does a double debut today at both Verizon ($99 on 11/20) and Sprint (price TBA); they both feature an optical trackpad, EVDO Rev.A, Wi-Fi, and 2 MP camera.

Available on Verizon 11/6, HTC’s Droid Eris is similar to Sprint’s Hero but at a lower pricepoint; it features a 3.2″ capacitive touchscreen, 5 MP camera, Wi-Fi, and Android 1.5 w/Sense UI.

The Xperia X10 is Sony Ericsson’s new flagship phone: it packs a speedy 1 GHz CPU, 4″ capacitive touchscreen, 8.1MP camera, “Rachael” Android UI, HSPA, Wi-Fi, and GPS.

Coming to Verizon 11/6/09, Motorola’s Droid features Android 2.0, a 3.7″ capacitive display, slide-out QWERTY, 5 MP camera, 720×480 @ 24fps video, Wi-Fi, and Google Maps Navigation.

Time to toss out the donuts: Android 2.0 (Eclair) is now official; along with SDK support, it features two-way contacts sync, HTML5 support, a unified inbox, and much, much more.

Switched-On Ringtones is pure analog heaven for your iPhone, Palm, or BB: it packs in 75 blips, sequences, and effects made by vintage Moog, Arp, Roland, and Korg synthesizers.

Vodafone NZ turns what would normally be a cacophony into a symphony with a stirring cellphone rendition of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture; it took 1,000 phones and 53 ringtones.

Available November with AT&T and T-Mo, BlackBerry’s Bold 9700 is a slimmer version of the first Bold with a 480×320 screen, trackpad, faster CPU, OS 5.0, 3.2 MP camera, 3G and Wi-Fi.

The Blackberry Storm 2 is now official: it looks the same as the first Storm, but boasts updated electronic SurePress screen, Wi-Fi, 256MB flash memory, and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR1.

Get some bling with your rings: Giorgio Armani and Samsung’s gold and black slider smartphone features a 3.5″ AMOLED touchscreen, full QWERTY, 5 MP camera and WinMo 6.5.

Samsung’s Moment, their first US Android phone, lands at Sprint on 11/1/09; it boasts a 3.2″ AMOLED touchscreen with slide-out QWERTY, EVDO Rev. A speeds, Wi-Fi and a 3.5 mm jack.

Available Q1 2010 in the US, HTC’s HD2 features WinMo w/Sense UI, a 4.3″ capacitive touchscreen, 5 MP camera w/autofocus, 1 GHz CPU, 3G, GPS, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Thanks, Stef!

HTC’s Tilt 2 and Pure (aka Diamond2 and Touch Pro2) are official with AT&T; both will run WinMo 6.5 with TouchFLO 3D, with the Pure now available and the Tilt 2 in the coming weeks.

T-Mobile’s 4th Android phone, the Behold II packs a 3.2″ AMOLED touch screen, 5 MP camera with autofocus, video recording, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, up to 16 GB and Samsung’s TouchWiz UI.

It’s about time: Blackberry Desktop Manager brings USB/Wi-Fi syncing to Mac apps including iCal, Address Book and Entourage, along with music and playlists via iTunes.

Joby’s Gorillamobile stand now supports the 3G/3GS; it still features three flexible legs, a camera adapter, lock ring and adhesive clips, but adds a soft-touch iPhone-only case.

Available 10/6/09, Verizon’s HTC Imagio is their first Win Mo 6.5 phone; it boasts a 3.6″ resistive touchscreen, 5 MP camera w/autofocus, EV-DO Rev. A w/ global roaming, and Wi-Fi.

Samsung’s AMOLED 12M / SCH-W880 is official: the camera-phone packs a 12 MP sensor, 3x optical zoom, 720p video, 800×480 3.3″ AMOLED display, UMTS/HSDPA, and Wi-Fi.

Available for preorder: Dots’ D200 gloves keep your hands warm while letting you use your iPhone with three conductive dots; it sports a fleece lining, nylon shell and grippy microfiber palm.

We’re still smarting over the $250 price ($200 at Best Buy w/extra rebate), but Sprint’s Samsung Instinct HD will feature a 3.2″ touchscreen, 5 MP camera, video recording and Wi-Fi.