Tam Hanna from Tamoggemon Software has sent in his thoughts about the mobile industry in 2008.

1/ What was your favourite smartphone of 2008 and why?

Definitely the XPERIA X1. Even though its screen is not as big as it should be and the Keyvboard could be better, it yet is the best converged device on the market IMHO.

Although – I have to be honest that I was tempted to say MSI Wind U100 here. For me, the netbook is the biggest innovation in the PC space since the Osborne portable…

2/ What was your favourite mobile software title of the year?

When looking at Palm OS, I have to declare a tie between Resco Suite and my upcoming tIRC. Resco Suite because of the insane amount of things it can do…and tIRC because it keeps me connected to my friends.

For Symbian, its definitely Resco News.

3/ What device are you currently using and why?

Treo 680 even though it is falling apart. Love the device…even though it is already insanely instable due to the thousands of software tests I did. Will update to an XPERIA as soon as my carrier manages to provide one, though.

Furthermore, I tote around an N96 on Hutchison’s ultra-fast 3G network for news and Internet stuff…and sometimes an MSI Wind U100 and an Olympus e520.

4/ Was 2008 a good year for the mobile industry in your opinion?

Difficult to say. The Palm OS economy definitely suffered heavily…and the US recession threatens ad revenue for analysts. I expect to see a bit of a purge in the next few months….very big and very small agencies will be the ones who survive and thrive IMHO…

5/ What are you hoping for from the mobile world in 2009, and what development are you most looking forward to?

I personally think that 2009 will be an extremely interesting year. Almost every major player is currently undergoing a transformation of one sort or the other – there will be a lot of interesting things to see in the near future IMHO.

Forgive me the shameless plug: I have created an article series on this topic. Find the issues below:
http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2008/12/24/palmary-christmas-%E2%80%93-reflecting-on-2008/
http://tamsppc.tamoggemon.com/2008/12/24/ppc-christmas-%E2%80%93-reflecting-on-2008/
http://tamss60.tamoggemon.com/2008/12/24/christmas-with-symbian-%E2%80%93-reflecting-on-2008/
http://tamsijungle.tamoggemon.com/2008/12/24/imas-%E2%80%93-reflecting-on-2008/
http://tamsblackberry.tamoggemon.com/2008/12/24/christberry-%E2%80%93-reflecting-on-2008/