• Motorola ROKR E2 – I am so happy for Motorola, they have finally seen the light and released a music handset that is decent. It is a 200% improvement over the E1, with a better camera, no song limit, music keys, full-size SD storage, USB 2.0 – way to much to mention here. The new Motorola UI is looking a lot better as well.
• Sony Ericsson W810 – even though this is only an incremental update to the W800, I still like the design – it combines the best elements of the K750 and W800, in my opinion. Quad-band and EDGE support is nice, and I really like the new d-pad, but I am a bit let down overall, though. With Sony shipping 4GB and 8GB memory cards this year, the Walkman handsets may prove good competition to the Nokia N91.
• Palm Treo 700w – I flat out think this is going to be a hit. I would like to see long-term reviews on it, but everyone likes the Treo form factor, and Windows Mobile 5.0 is a very polished OS – dare I say, better than Palm OS?
• Samsung T709 – Though I am not 100% convinced that WiFi is really needed in a non-smartphone, I do like the overall package of this handset. I would have liked to have seen a better camera though, as it is obvious that this is a higher end handset. Samsung are aiming this at business people, so I will give them a break on this one.
• Samsung A930 – I really think this is going to be a hit with the younger crowd. It isn’t as well featured as Motorola or Sony Ericsson’s offerings, but with the V-CAST music download service I think it will still prove popular.

There are lots of other releases from CES, but these are the ones that are most prevalent in my mind right now.

Coming as a suprise to me, the ROKR E2 actually looks like it may be an alright device. It drops the iTunes software, but adds Motorola’s tasty new UI (based on Linux), as well as a QVGA screen, SD card storage, and – shock – no song limit (except for the limit of the SD card size).

Expect Samsung to return fire tomorrow though, and that is all I can say right now.

To be honest, I’m not all that impressed. The only thing going for it is the iTunes synching – as a mobile phones it is fairly average (just a repackaged E398). VGA camera? Bah!

MobileBurn has a great write up here.