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Samsung Instinct Cell Phone Review
The Samsung Instinct is Sprint's newest iPhone competitor, and it brings a lot to the table. We found the large display and responsive touch screen were easy to use, and the interface sacrifices extra functions for ease of use, which isn't a bad thing at all. Email mavens will appreciate the Exchange support and the music and video software is good, but slow to load. There's also GPS on board, a good web browser and with Sprint's Simply Everything plan you'll be able to use it all without worrying about extra charges, for a price of course. So does all of this add up to an iPhone killer? Read the review to find out.
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by Alfredo Padilla
July 07, 2008
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Nokia N96 Cell Phone Review
The N96 is the current top-of-the line N-series offering from Nokia and it boasts smartphone capabilities combined with multimedia super powers. With 3G connectivity, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, aGPS, and 16GB of memory on board, it is certainly well equipped to live up to this reputation. To be even more well-rounded, the N96 has a 5-megapixel camera with an auto-focus lens and a dual-LED flash that promises to post impressive image testing results. Can the N96 do it all? Read on to find out...
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by Marianne Schultz
March 16, 2009
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HTC Magic Cell Phone First Impressions Review
The Magic is HTC's second device running Google's Android operating system, following on from the T-Mobile G1 that was launched late last year. The most notable feature of the Magic compared to the G1 is the lack of a physical keyboard. It's all touchscreen goodness here, baby, and the Dream is quite a looker in person. It will be a quad-band GSM device and will have 3G connectivity on the 900 and 2100MHz bands, along with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, GPS, and a 3.2-megapixel camera with an auto-focus lens. The European carrier Vodafone is the only network that has picked it up so far, and Vodafone's pricing for the Magic has not yet been announced. We got our eager mitts on a pre-production version of the Magic to bring you this first impressions review.
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by Marianne Schultz
February 18, 2009
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Samsung Memoir Cell Phone Review
The Samsung Memoir is the first cell phone sold by a U.S. carrier with an 8-megapixel camera, combined with an auto-focus lens and Xenon flash, and we were dying to get our hands on one to test as soon as we first man-handled it at Mobile World Congress in February. T-Mobile granted our wish with a review unit and here's our review of this highly-anticipated camera phone. The Memoir's camera isn't the only thing to get excited about, however - it's got 3G connectivity on T-Mobile's network, GPS, and a large touchscreen with haptic feedback. It's now available from T-Mobile for $249 with a 2-year contract. The big question is whether the Memoir is good enough to make you ditch your digital camera, and our imaging tests revealed some outstanding results in some areas and just average results in others.
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by Marianne Schultz
April 10, 2009
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Palm Pre First Impressions Review
The Pre, Palm's latest smartphone offering, was announced at CES on January 8. Featuring a 3.1-inch multitouch touchscreen and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard with an embedded dial pad, the Pre is poised to take on notable competitors like the iPhone 3G, T-Mobile G1, and the Blackberry Storm. The Pre also packs in the hardware features that are key to being competitive, including 3G on Sprint's CDMA Rev. A EVDO network, a 3-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, and aGPS. The Pre also debuts Palm's new operating system, dubbed webOS, that is capable of multi-tasking and has a unique way of handling notifications and open applications. How will the Pre stack up in the smartphone arena? Read our First Impressions Review to get our initial take on this new device...
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by Marianne Schultz
January 11, 2009
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Palm Treo Pro Cell Phone Review
Palm has been making portable electronic devices for several years now and the Treo Pro is their latest smartphone offering, packing in 3G connectivity, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, and GPS. With a 2-megapixel camera, the Treo Pro also promises on paper to do an okay job of capturing those impromptu moments worthy of remembering. But how will it stack up against the latest offerings from competitors that boast large touchscreens, eye candy-filled interfaces, and multimedia abilities to die for? Read our full review to find out...
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by Marianne Schultz
December 22, 2008
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Blackberry Storm Cell Phone Review
Research in Motion has finally joined in on the touchscreen fray with the Blackberry Storm, the first Blackberry ever without some sort of physical keyboard. Offered by Verizon at $199 with a 2-year contract, it boasts almost all the top features competing smartphones have: GPS, Bluetooth 2.0, a 3.2-megapixel camera with an auto-focus lens, a large and bright screen with half-VGA resolution, and 3G connectivity on both CDMA and GSM networks outside of the U.S. Unfortunately, it's missing Wi-Fi, but it still has the world-renowned Blackberry messaging and organizer capabilities any business user wants and needs. But does the touchscreen still make the Storm an effective tool, or does it ruin that Blackberry legacy that business users rely on? Read our full review to find out...
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by Marianne Schultz
December 08, 2008
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Sony Ericsson W350 Cell Phone Review
Tired of carrying around a dedicated digital music player and a cell phone? Do you also want the smallest possible converged device to do both, to boot? If so, the W350 may be right up your alley. With its Walkman-branded music software, the ability to download music over the cellular network through AT&T's music services, and weighing in at a scant 2.8 ounces, the W350 appears to be a ready and willing contender among music-oriented phones. AT&T is currently selling this petite dynamo for $0 with a new 2-year contract, the best possible price in our book, and in yours too, we'd bet. But without the ability to capture video and play back common video file formats and a few other issues, is this price still good enough to make up for its shortcomings? Read the full review to find out...
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by Marianne Schultz
November 12, 2008
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T-Mobile G1 Cell Phone Review
Here it is - our detailed of the hotly anticipated T-Mobile G1, the first phone running the open-source Android operating system created by Google. The G1 costs $179 with a 2-year contract with T-Mobile, and is now available for sale online and in T-Mobile stores in the U.S. With a QWERTY keyboard and large touchscreen, the G1 offers the best of both worlds to those who want the tactile feedback a keyboard offers that a touchscreen can't provide. It's also 3G-capable, operating on T-Mobile's expanding 3G network, and includes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The G1 includes a link to the Android Market, a virtual store through which users can find and download 3rd-party applications. Considered by many to be competitor to the iPhone 3G, how does the G1 stack up against it and other capable feature phones and smartphones? Read the full review to find out...
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by Marianne Schultz
November 05, 2008
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HTC Touch Diamond Cell Phone Review
The HTC Touch Diamond sounds like smartphone heaven with its VGA touchscreen, 4GB of internal storage, 3.2-megapixel camera, WiFi, GPS, and compact size in a slick form factor. Its screen is really vibrant and easy on the eyes, and a lot of internal storage is becoming a necessity today in terms of the documents and media most want and need to keep on a smartphone. The camera records still images with very good resolution for a cell phone, though not so much at all with video. The TouchFLO interface is painfully unresponsive at times, and we thank our lucky stars that it can be turned off to fully reveal the powerful Windows Mobile behemoth lurking below the surface.
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by Marianne Schultz
October 14, 2008
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