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Home / Cell phones / Business smartphones Best business smartphones of CTIA Fall 2007 By Sindre Lia, 24 October 2007 It's an entertainment focused event, but today it was all about full-fledged business smartphones in San Francisco. It seems like the opening day of CTIA Fall in San Francisco turned into a "Windows Mobile open day". Steve Ballmer reached out to businesses in his keynote, hoping to get more of them signed up for Windows Mobile phones. During the keynote, he also unveiled a software upgrade for Windows Mobile, to be available in early 2008, which will enable remote management capabilities. The full story on that can be found here. Steve Ballmer also took the liberty of unveiling the BlackJack II, the successor of Samsung and AT&T's popular BlackJack QWERTY business phone. Hosted in the same petite design, the BlackJack II comes with Windows Mobile 6, HSDPA connectivity and TeleNav GPS navigation. The full story on that can be found here. The day before, i-mate pretty much stole the scene with their distinctive approach to the business smartphone concept. During a roundtable discussion at the Smartphone Summit, i-mate even got to demonstrate the smartness of their concept. The full story on that can be found here. Also, we've spent hands-on time with all the best business smartphones of CTIA Fall 2007: Samsung SCH-i760    Similar models » Score: 60% When: October 2007 Worth: $350 Carrier: Verizon Wireless With numbers on its face and a QWERTY beneath, we slide open the Samsung SCH-i760. Is Verizon Wireless' slider the face of business phone's to come? Read »   Gallery »   Features »   Side-by-side » Samsung BlackJack II    Similar models » Score: 67% When: November 2007 Worth: $200 Carrier: AT&T We spin the wheel on the BlackJack II, which updates the original with GPS and improved battery. Is this BlackJack finally the winning hand you need? Read »   Gallery »   Features »   Side-by-side » i-mate Ultimate 8502    Similar models » When: December 2007 Worth: $700 We tap out a few lines on the new i-mate Ultimate 8502, the company's first QWERTY smartphone for the U.S. market? Can you guess what impressed us most? Read »   Gallery »   Features »   Side-by-side » i-mate Ultimate 8150    Similar models » When: November 2007 Worth: $725 Can the 12-key i-mate Ultimate 8150 keep up with its bigger QWERTY siblings? We take a hands-on look at the new smartphone and deliver our early insights into i-mates strategy. Read »   Gallery »   Features »   Side-by-side » i-mate Ultimate 6150    Similar models » When: November 2007 Worth: $695 We tap into i-mate's new touch screen Windows Mobile phone. Is it as powerful as its full-key siblings, or is this phone strictly for the touchy-feely types? 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