CRN SPOTLIGHT
The Best IT Products And Smartphones Of 2010
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2010 was a monster year for technology and CRN highlighted its picks for the best IT products and smartphones in a handful of slide shows at year's end. CRN's Test Center highlighted the top chips, security appliances and storage arrays that are keeping IT shops running, while CRN's editors shined a light on the best Android devices, open source applications and smartphones to hit the market in the past year.
Check out which IT products and consumer technologies made the cut.
CRN's Test Center unveiled its Products of the Year, covering everything from security appliances to mobile devices to notebook PCs. See which products made the list, including the Intel Core i5 chipset, the Watchgaurd XCS 370 security appliance and the Apple iPad consumer blockbuster.The 10 Coolest Android Devices Of 2010
Google's Android OS posted astounding growth in 2010, and is now seen on some of the hottest mobile devices out there. Check out CRN's picks for the hottest devices boasting the Google Android OS, including Motorola Droid X, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Samsung Nexus S, HTC EVO4G and more.
The 10 Coolest Open Source Applications Of 2010
A handful of open source applications stepped up to commercial software in 2010 to defend the old saying that free is better. Check out CRN's choices for the coolest open source products of the year, including Firefox 4, Asterisk, CIGAR and Bonjour Browser.
The 10 Coolest Smartphones of 2010
With so many new smartphones introduced in 2010, the only natural move would be to rank them. And that's exactly what CRN did. Find out which Android devices stood out, where the Samsung Galaxy S fit in and what kind of love the Apple iPhone 4 got.
