This summer is slowly turning into the hottest mobile season ever. All major manufacturers have at least one "super phone" in the pipeline. Here are some of the upcoming devices side by side:

iPhone 3G Sprint Instinct Blackberry Bold HTC Diamond SonyEricsson Xperia X1
Camera 2MP photo 2MP photo/video 2MP photo/video 3.2MP photo/video 3.2MP photo/video
3G YES YES(1) YES YES YES
Networks Quadband GSM CDMA Quadband GSM(2) Triband GSM Quadband GSM
Wi-Fi Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Add Apps? Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Screen 480×320 240×423 480×320 480×640 800×480
Keyboard onscreen onscreen QWERTY onscreen QWERTY
Memory 8Gb/16GB 1Gb 8Gb 8Gb
Expansion No MicroSD MicroSD No MicroSD
Push Email Yes(4) No Yes Yes(4) Yes(4)
GPS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
OS iPhone    OS X Proprietary(3) BlackberryOS Windows Mobile Windows Mobile
US operator Only AT&T Only Sprint Initial launch on AT&T None planned(5) None planned(5)
Release July 11 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Contract Price $199/$299 $199 Unknown Unknown Unknown

 

(1) EVDO Rev.A.

(2) Initial release will be on Quadband GSM, a CDMA release is planned for later this year.

(3) The OS on the Sprint Instinct is "closed", no system currently exists to develop or add applications.

(4) The iPhone, HTC Diamond and SonyErcisson Xperia X1 all support Microsoft Activesync email, which requires a third party service. The iPhone will support the upcoming Apple MobileMe service which includes push email ($99/year).

(5) No US operator has openly committed to releasing this phone on their network.