Last year produced many of the best, most cutting-edge, and most popular cellphones to date. Starting with Apple’s 2nd Gen iPhone, the 3G, which made every other cellphone manufacturer scramble to come up with an equivalent or alternative. Progress was fast tracked and the market released the Sony Ericsson Xperia Z1, Samsung Omnia, the Google-powered G1, and the Blackberry Bold.
The iPhone spread in popularity not only in the U.S., but in Europe and worldwide alike. With the new 3G connectivity, application developers were encouraged to create more and more applications, which are available to download in the Apple “Apps Store”. It has become an archive of compatible, functional extensions for any and every subject imaginable.
Not long after, Google’s G1 was released, which was quickly labeled the “iPhone killer”. Not only does it have the entire Google fanbase behind it, it also supports applications much like the iPhone, and competing with almost every other feature. The other contenders in the mobile market quickly followed; popular names such as the Blackberry, and Sony Ericsson released their ‘iPhone alternatives’.
Although the iPhone seems to be the first, there are so many options now this year that are fighting for the spotlight in the market.
