There's no shortage of capable, innovative smartphone options these days—no matter which carrier or platform you prefer. Devices like the BlackBerry Curve or Motorola Q9c are far and away more commonplace than they were as little as two years ago—so much so that any "oohs" or "ahhs" that they may have once triggered are now all but silenced.

Those "blahs," of course, mean that a new generation of envelope-pushing smartphones is upon us. The past six months alone have seen touch-screened wonders like the iPhone 3G and the upcoming BlackBerry Storm, the launch of Google's Android mobile OS on the T-Mobile G1, all amid a seemingly endless game of one-upmanship across carriers and phone manufacturers alike.

To help you sort out the scuffle, we've compiled a blow-by-blow comparison of five of the hottest new-gen handsets.

See how the newest crop of hot smartphones measure up side-by-side, and compare specs, prices, and more.

Phones Featured in this Roundup:

Apple iPhone 3G (AT&T)
The iPhone 3G represents the birth of a new computing platform. It's also one very cool phone. While it's not perfect, it makes other options on AT&T look tired.

BlackBerry Bold 9000 (Rogers Wireless in Canada, coming soon to AT&T in the U.S.)
RIM's next-generation BlackBerry Bold 9000 does for the boardroom what the iPhone does for the rec room.

BlackBerry Storm 9530 (Verizon)
Could the Storm be the "iPhone for business?" RIM and Verizon fire directly at Apple with this attractive and innovative touch-screen BlackBerry.

HTC Touch Diamond (Sprint)
With its 3G support and much lower (subsidized) price, Sprint's version of the drop-dead-gorgeous Touch Diamond makes much more sense than the unlocked version.

T-Mobile G1 (T-Mobile)
The T-Mobile G1 is a basic introduction to what could be a blockbuster mobile platform. While it lacks key features right now, it's a decent smartphone that will surely grow with time.