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Try before you buy... well at least get a good idea of what you're getting before you plock down some big bills for your shiny new phone. Read an in-depth review of your favorite phone. Reviews by companyApple, BenQ, BlackBerry, Eten, HTC, LG, Motorola, Nokia, o2, Palm, Pantech, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony EricssonOverview What’s good: small and very pocketable, cool form factor, Footprints, 3.2 MP cam with geo-tagging, D-pad doubles as scroll wheel, TouchFLO, A-GPS, Wi-Fi, bluetooth, 3G.What's bad: Windows Mobile experience. TouchFLO helps a lot in this regard, but the same flaws still sit under the surface.
The Touch Cruise 2009 is a reworking of the 2008 version. When it comes to making calls, managing photos, and sending texts, the... Overview What’s good: 3.5 mm audio/video jack, Internet radio, 3.2 MP camera, video at 30 fps, secondary camera, text-to-speech, long battery life. What's bad: priced way out of range, dual-purpose soft-keys responsible for many mistakes, awkward keyboard.
The E75 should be a handy and simple messaging device, but a couple of design flaws made it far too difficult for me to use. People already familiar with, and fond of, Symbian... Overview What’s good: Battery warrior, great internal and external keypadsWhat’s bad: Using camera while QWERTY keyboard is open results in a challenge.
When one thinks back to the original bland and bulky LG enV, it’s evident that the company’s latest devices are designed to integrate form and functionality as much as possible. Following some of the design cues of the enV2, the LG enV3 offers a more stylish form factor with... Overview What’s good: form-factor looks nice, fantastic in-line music controls, 3G (AT&T only for US), secondary camera for video calls, full touch screen, landscape mode, proximity sensor, Carl Zeiss optics, Flash support, music player, good video playback, and the 3.5mm output pumps out audio and video. Also integrates with the Ovi store which offers usable content to users on various continents. What's bad: the resistive screen could be... OverviewWhat’s good: Solid build quality, decent battery life, What’s bad: What’s bad: Spotty reception in areas, screen could use improvement
In this age of technology and continuous connectivity, the smartphone market has inevitably dominated the wireless field as of late. Not to be stood up, there is a smaller, but equally important group within the “dumbphone” category: the text messaging phones. The Motorola Rival is a new... OverviewWhat’s good: Battery life, shape, call quality What’s bad: Cramped keyboard
Thanks to devices such as the Apple iPhone and the Palm Pre, 2009 has been unofficially coined as the year of the smartphone, and each manufacturer has worked to keep with the demand or new devices. Samsung is no exception, launching a broad range of new devices just in time for the summer shopping season. The Propel Pro has taken the popular form... OverviewWhat’s good: TouchFlo 3D is useful, device resembles unlocked version, addition of microSD card slotWhat’s bad: Lack of memory, slow at times, battery life is mediocre
Often criticized as the last carrier to get interesting devices, Verizon Wireless has stepped it up a bit by offering the HTC Touch Diamond. Granted, Sprint has offered the device for a while, and more importantly, its successor has been announced. But it's... OverviewPros: Fantastic operating system, multitasking capabilities, easy to use Cons: Battery life, lack of a progress bar in music player
To put it as simply as I can, Palm is back in the game. The Palm Pre is a revolutionary device that marks a radical shift for the company, and provides a much-needed exclusive device for Sprint. The new webOS platform, combined with a change in hardware, offers a completely new experience... Overview What’s good: Incredibly intuitive hardware controls, full QWERTY, 3G, 3.5mm headphone jack, body slimmed-down since previous incarnations, 3.2 MP still and video camera, social features galore. What's bad: Youthful image drastically limits audience, flashing lights and goofy sounds. Overall, a great design and interface are disguised by gimmicks.
The 2009 Sidekick LX features the same hard and soft interface that... OverviewWhat’s good: Design, battery life, connectivity options (3G, GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth) What's bad: Reception in some areas, proprietary ports
The Samsung Jack i637 is a nice entry-level device that will compete well with the Nokia E71x and other devices in AT&T's smartphone lineup. It looks good, and offers a good feature set to boot. Overall performance is good, and it offers a range of programs out of the box. Minus... The BlackBerry Curve 8900 is the most pocketable Curve to date and the nice thing about that is it doesn’t skimp on features. Quite the contrary, in fact this BlackBerry Curve has a ton of connection features: WiFi, Stereo Bluetooth, and even the ability to take calls over a WiFi connection to help extend your coverage. If that’s not enough, it has a 3.2-megapixel camera with flash and auto focus and a display that is downright... The Nokia e71x is sleek, affordable, has fun multimedia features, navigation, and runs the Symbian OS. You can do all the things you can on other smartphones including accessing office documents, send/receive email from multiple accounts, and surf the web all with an easy-to-use interface. The Nokia e71x is also a connectivity dream supporting IR, stereo Bluetooth, WiFi, and 3G connectivity. Oh, and did we mention it’s a world phone, too. If... OverviewWhat’s good: Keypad and design improvements over the original Alias; E-Ink technology reduces clutter on the keypad; call qualityWhat’s bad: Ever-so-slight lag while typing quickly; potential reception issues in rural areas; extra applications add up quickly
Though many have moved into the world of smartphone devices, lured by full-HTML web browsers and push e-mail, the market for regular, QWERTY-based phones still exists.... The Samsung Trance is a slick-looking music phone that is all about listening to music with everything from synching the cell phone with Rhapsody music service to it’s Bang & Olufsen audio features to the ability to pair two stereo Bluetooth headsets to the phone simultaneously. If you’re in the market for a music phone that doesn’t have a lot of other extra features, the Trance is worth a look.
Design & FeaturesLook and... Overview
Pros: Beautiful design, functional external display Cons: Battery life not so great, flat keypad makes typing difficult
Anyone familiar with the iDEN lineup of devices would probably overlook the Motorola Stature i9 and write it off as being with another carrier. After all, it's sophisticated, offers a gorgeous exterior display, and is full of features. On the heels of the BlackBerry Curve 8350i launch, the... Overview
Positives: Well-constructed BlackBerry, feels great in hand, running OS 4.6, offers new media options to Nextel customers.Negatives: Not-so-great call quality, slow data speeds, unpredictable text messaging
It's no secret that iDEN has been a step behind when it comes to new phones. While their CDMA and GSM counterparts were enjoying fast, colorful devices with a slew of capabilities, iDEN users were stuck with... At first glance, the LG Versa may look an awful lot like the LG Dare, but this cell phone is different. What makes it distinct comes in the box: a snap on case that protects the cell phone’s touch screen and adds a full flip down QWERTY keypad. It also has many of the high-end features you’d expect: 2-megapixel camera, touch-screen, stereo Bluetooth, MP3 player, navigation system, and high-speed web surfing with the ability to... The first BlackBerry to sport a touchscreen (that’s more of a push-screen) has arrived. That’s right, the BlackBerry Storm. There’s a lot to like about the Storm and with every new form factor there’s also a lot to learn. Read: be prepared to invest a good week to really master the Storm. That said, the Storm is a good looking device and has many features found on the BlackBerry Bold. If you want a slick looking touchscreen... The highly anticipated BlackBerry 9000 Bold has finally arrived and it just might have been worth the wait. The Bold sports all the favorite features wanted on a smartphone: WiFi, 3G data speeds for fast surfing while simultaneously conducting calls, stereo Bluetooth, multiple e-mail options and of course, the ability to view and edit word, excel and PowerPoint docs. But the real story here is that the Bold isn’t just the workhorse productivity... What’s Good: surprisingly music-friendly; external play/pause button; stereo bluetooth, standard headphone jack; UMA capable; unique form factor; slick new BB interface; more compact than other BlackBerries; still has the BB office apps that keep executives aboard, but feels like a fun phone.
What’s Not Good: no GPS; weak web browsing; some lag here and there.
Bottom Line: If you're looking for a strong messaging device that works with a...
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