With both CeBIT (“world’s leading event for information technology, telecommunications, software and services”) and CTIA (the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association) taking place recently you just knew that some ground-breaking mobile phones where going to be announced. Indeed some were! I’ve summarized some of mobiles I found interesting below:

Microsoft PocketPC Phones
Samsung i730 PocketPC mini form factor (with QWERTY keyboard)
Samsung SGH-i750 PocketPC mini form factor (with “normal” phone keypad)
T-Mobile MDA IV “communicator” style phone

Music Phones (iPod killas)
Samsung SGH-i300 with a three gig hard drive!
T-Mobile SDA II and SDA II add more music with a miniSD card
Sony Ericsson W800 featuring MemoryShit flash memory card

Other Phones of Note
Samsung SCH-V770 seven megapixel cameraphone
Firefly kids emergency phone
Nokia 2115i featuring a built-in flashlight
Siemens M75 rugged phone
Samsung WIP-6050M WiFi Phone

It’s good to see handset manufacturers trying out new form factors and adding features like dedicated music playback buttons, hard drives, QWERTY keypads, sliding keypads, “real” cameras, flashlights, etc. Clearly mobiles are becoming more personal (load ALL of your music on ‘em) and more of a always-on-ya necessity.

Damn, the power went out again! Where’s my flashlight… erh, I mean my mobile?

Update 2005_03_17
I’m kind of impressed with Motorola’s new offerings. I left a few off the list above. Here they are…

PEBL V6 Compact little flip phone. Nice!
MS400 Small, light CDMA/EVDO handset
MS550 Trick design on this 3-megapixel cameraphone
SLVR V8 and the V280 Candybar-style Razor-ish handsets

Update: 2005_03_22
Pantech PH-S8000T Trick, hinged flip-phone.