In Pictures: Smartphones of summer - the 12 hottest handhelds

CIO.com's Al Sacco rounds up the 12 best high-end smartphones available this (northern hemisphere) summer season, from handset makers Samsung, Motorola, Apple, HTC, Nokia and more.

BlackBerry TK 3.0 Discovery

Why it's Hot: Okay, so this device is not a real BlackBerry; it's a BlackBerry 10 concept device from Guy Bridges of DigitalHomeBoy.ca. I wanted to include an actual RIM device in this roundup, but unfortunately, the company delayed the release of its next generation BlackBerry 10 OS until early 2012, and none of RIM's in-market BlackBerrys are particularly "hot." Still, if RIM's first BlackBerry 10 handheld looks anything like this, the delayed launch may prove to be a nonissue.

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