A look back at the mobile devices of 2007

As I mentioned in my previous post containing the 10 most visited and most discussed blog posts, HTC devices and the Apple iPhone were very popular topics in 2007. I wanted to follow that post up by taking a closer look at the mobile device hardware I had a chance to use in 2007 and some of the key announcements and other news related to mobile devices.

I reviewed (or am currently evaluating) 17 mobile devices in 2007 as you can see in the list below.

• i-mate JAQ3
• Nokia N80 Internet Edition
• Nokia N95-1
• HTC Vox
• Apple iPhone first impressions and second impressions
• T-Mobile Wing
• HTC Touch
• HTC Advantage
• Palm Centro
• BlackBerry Curve with UMA
• AT&T Tilt
• Qwest Fusion
• T-Mobile Shadow
• Nokia N81 8GB
• HTC Touch Dual
• Nokia N800 Internet Tablet
• Nokia N95-3 just purchased and under review

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I have a couple of titles I would like to award to a few of these devices.

Best form factor with weak specs: T-Mobile Wing Most "caressable" device: HTC Touch Dual Device that surprised me: Palm Centro (I actually recommended this to a few people who now love it.) Device that invigorated the mobile landscape: Apple iPhone

Best S60 device of the year: Nokia N95-3 Best Windows Mobile device of the year: T-Mobile Shadow Best Palm OS device of the year: Palm Centro Best BlackBerry device of the year: T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve

Worst mobile device of the year: i-mate JAQ3 Best overall mobile device of the year: HTC Advantage

There were also a ton of devices that I didn't get any hands-on time with and some of these I talked a bit about this year included the following:

• Treo 700wx
• BlackBerry 8800
• Nokia E65, E61i, N77, and E90
• Treo 755p
• HTC Mogul
• Nokia N810

A few significant announcements and issues that I talked about this year that I thought should be noted include:

• Windows Mobile 6announced
• Palm Foleo announced and then canceled
• Android and HTC's committment
• Amazon Kindle generates interest in ebooks

There was also one device that I was looking forward to that was revealed in March, yet it still remains unavailable. The HTC Shift may be coming in the first quarter of 2008 and I just hope it doesn't end up as a piece of vaporware like the DualCor CPC.

What was your favorite mobile device of the year? I listed the top choices below, but if you have something different feel free to leave a Talkback.

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