“With the rise of Android, the reboot of BlackBerry, and the redesigned iPhone, 2010 can rightly be called the year of the smartphone,” Jason Hiner writes for TechRepublic. “After reviewing nearly all of the top devices, here is my countdown of the best devices of the year.”
TechRepublic’s Top 10 Smartphones of 2010:
1. Apple iPhone 4: With all of the momentum that was gathering around Android during the first half of 2010, Apple’s iPhone 3GS was starting to look pretty stale by mid-year — especially since it was only a slight upgrade over the iPhone 3G from 2008. Then, Apple unveiled iOS4 and the iPhone 4 and launched itself back to the head of the class with top-quality hardware and a software experience that still outpaces all of its rivals in terms of ease of use, responsiveness, polish, and third-party software… Overall, the iPhone 4 remains the gold standard of the smartphone market.
2. HTC EVO 4G
3. Google Nexus One
4. Samsung Galaxy S
5. HTC Desire
6. Motorola Droid X
7. Samsung Focus
8. HTC Incredible
9. Motorola Droid 2
10. BlackBerry Torch
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: The experience offered by an Apple iPhone 3GS running the latest iOS version beats 2-10 handily.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dangerfrog” for the heads up.]