Continuing on with our Best of Polls [1] for the year, I must say that 2008 was a battleground year for cell phone superiority; usual nemeses iPhone and BlackBerry pulled out the big guns — Apple released the iPhone 3G [2] and RIM responded to the challenge with the Bold [3] and Storm [4].

Not to be outdone, a little company named Google (maybe you've heard of it) launched its first phone, the G1 [5], running on the Android platform, and made by HTC, which also launched the Touch Diamond [6]. And just this week, Nokia came out, guns blazing, with its new N97 [7].

I know what mine is — it's nestled in my bag right now — but it's been an exciting year for phones, especially of the smart variety. What's your fave?