CTIA News Wrap-Up

CTIA Fall 2008 wrapped up yesterday. This year was a great year to be in the smartphone business as we saw some great innovation from everyone.

RIM had a huge presence at the show this year and is seeing a lot more support on the third-party applications side which is always great to see. Sprint’s announced its engagement with the HTC Touch Diamond and, of course, you can’t forget Adobe Systems CEO Shantanu Narayen call for standardization in his keynote speech. It will be interesting to see how the industry reacts moving forward.

Check below for some more great highlights from this year’s show!

• RIM officially confirmed the new Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220, its first clamshell phone to be introduced on the market.

• Virgin Mobile resurrected the Helio brand with Helio by Virgin Mobile.

• Yahoo! unveiled a new, improved OneSearch.

• Sprint started off the conference with a bang, announcing its new fall line-up of handsets, smartphones and pocket PCs.

What did you think of the show this year?