The year 2010 saw several big-ticket launches on the smartphone front. The year saw Apple launch its fourth-generation iPhone. Blackberry launch Torch and Nokia flagship N8 smartphone.
However, the biggest buzz on the smartphone front was created by Google's open source mobile operating system (OS) Android.
The Google OS powered smartphones across brands, from MOtorola to Samsung to HTC to LG. Already no. 2 in mobile OS charts, it is set to takeover Nokia Symbian.
Here we look at some of hottest smartphones launched in the year 2010.