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New cell phones were the name of the game at the annual Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association show, held this year in Atlanta. While nothing earth-shattering came out of this year's show, cell phone makers continue to add more features to their devices, carriers continue to upgrade their wide-area wireless networks, and accessory makers continue to churn out accessories. Here's a look at what we liked this year:

Here come the megapixels - Camera phones, considered by many as an oddity last year, continue to remain hot. Almost every phone maker was showing off at least one new model that contained a 1.3-megapixel sensor. I was impressed with the Sony Ericsson S700 (includes a swivel design to open the phone), Nokia 7610 and Kyocera Wireless Koi models.

Other camera-related features being added to phones include built-in flash and zoom lenses, all in the interest of taking better-quality photos.

But one company I spoke with, Sozo-Tek, said the issue of increasing megapixels on camera phones won't improve image quality to the point where consumers are happy with the images. Poor lenses, low light and flashes that don't do much except drain battery life and are more responsible for bad camera phone images than are the quality of the sensor, Sozo-Tek officials said. The wireless imaging company has come up with technology that improves images at the network level instead of in the phone. The company is aiming to sell this technology to wireless carriers that want to offer customers ways to improve their camera phone images.

Bluetooth headsets galore - While Bluetooth as a wireless method might be struggling elsewhere, it's going like gangbusters in the world of mobile phone headsets. Plantronics and Jabra announced new models of their Bluetooth headsets, showing a diversification of the market for different price ranges.

Plantronics launched the entry-level M2500 headset, with features such as five hours of talk time, 120 hours of standby time and a softer earpiece. Jabra launched the BT110 (entry-level), the BT800 (high-end model that uses a digital signal processor) and BT500 (upgrade of the BT250, and 30% lighter) models. Jabra also made an improvement to its Bluetooth adapter, the A210, which lets owners of non-Bluetooth phones use the Bluetooth headsets. With few cell phone makers offering Bluetooth-enabled cell phones for U.S. users, an adapter might be what we need to help cut the cord and get us to use our headset more.

Better keypad input - At a Demo show a few years ago, Digit Wireless came out with a keypad (the Fastap) that makes it easier to type in letters and numbers (you use the space between the numbers and a series of raised keys to accomplish this). The company announced at this year's show a deal with Telus Mobility and LG Electronics to bring out the worlds first Fastap-enabled cell phone. While the phone initially will be available only in Canada, it bodes well for Digit Wireless as it aims to rid the world of the "tap tap tap to get one letter" syndrome when sending text messages.

Shaw can be reached at kshaw@nww. com. More product details from the CTIA show will be highlighted in the Wireless Computing Devices e-mail newsletter. Go to www.nw fusion.com to sign up for free.