With both “CeBIT”:http://www.cebit.de/homepage_e?x=1 (”world’s leading event for information technology, telecommunications, software and services”) and “CTIA”:http://www.ctia.org/ (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″:http://www.msmobiles.com/news.php/3651.html PocketPC mini form factor (with QWERTY keyboard)
“Samsung SGH-i750″:http://www.msmobiles.com/news.php/3660.html PocketPC mini form factor (with “normal” phone keypad)
“T-Mobile MDA IV”:http://www.msmobiles.com/news.php/3668.html “communicator” style phone

Music Phones (iPod killas)
“Samsung SGH-i300″:http://www.msmobiles.com/news.php/3667.html with a three gig hard drive!
“T-Mobile SDA II and SDA II”:http://ppcw.net/?itemid=2289 add more music with a miniSD card
“Sony Ericsson W800″:http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000173035991/ featuring MemoryShit flash memory card

Other Phones of Note
“Samsung SCH-V770″:http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000357035138/ seven megapixel cameraphone
“Firefly”:http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000520035844/ kids emergency phone
“Nokia 2115i”:http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000717035948/ featuring a built-in flashlight
“Siemens M75″:http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000853035224/ rugged phone
“Samsung WIP-6050M”:http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000730035597/ 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″:http://cellphones.engadget.com/entry/1234000693036036/ Compact little flip phone. Nice!
“MS400″:http://cellphones.engadget.com/entry/1234000033035987/ Small, light CDMA/EVDO handset
“MS550″:http://cellphones.engadget.com/entry/1234000963036201/ Trick design on this 3-megapixel cameraphone
“SLVR V8 and the V280″:http://cellphones.engadget.com/entry/1234000377035975/ Candybar-style Razor-ish handsets

_*Update: 2005_03_22*_
“Pantech PH-S8000T”:http://www.msmobiles.com/news.php/3685.html Trick, hinged flip-phone.