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CITA Wraps up and names the winners of this year's coolest devices

CTIA has finally wrapped up, and CTIA has also announced the winners of its Emerging Technology awards. The winners were chosen based on innovation, functionality, wow factor, importance of technology and ease of use/implementation. The best of show award went to Alltel's Celltop technology which allows customers greater flexibility in managing and organizing content on their cell phone. Here are the winners for the hardware categories:

Hardware - Mobile Phone/Camera Phone

Winner - LG VX9400, LG Electronics MobileComm
2nd - m620, Samsung Telecommunications America
3rd - Nokia 6131 NFC, Nokia

Hardware - Smartphone/PDA

Winner - Samsung BlackJack, Samsung Telecommunications America
2nd - BlackBerry Pearl from Cingular, Research in Motion
3rd - i760, Samsung Telecommunications America

Hardware - Wearable Wireless Device or Fashion Technology

Winner - AGT-100D LBS Asset Tag, AnyDATA Corporation
2nd - MBW-100 BluetoothTM Watch, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications
3rd - WEP410, Samsung Telecommunications America

Hardware - Mobile Accessory

Winner - ADU-510D EVDO REV A USB modem, AnyDATA Corporation
2nd - FlamingoStereo, Cellpoint Connect AB
3rd - zBoost Mini-Z, Wi-Ex