Reviews, Articles, Ratings, Comparisons and Forumsen-usSun, 20 Jul 2008 16:57:28 CDTSun, 20 Jul 2008 16:57:28 CDThttp://www.wirelessinfo.com Here it is, our in-depth, comparative, totally obsessive review of the new iPhone 3G. The latest iteration of Apple\'s cell phones brings a couple of major upgrades on the hardware side with 3G and GPS on board. It also comes with the new iPhone 2.0 software upgrade that brings support for Exchange Server and third party applications. In addition, it has the benefits of a full year\'s worth of upgrades that we haven\'t looked at since we did the last iPhone review. So, is it a worthy upgrade to one of the most iconic cell phones of our time? You\'re going to have to read the review to find out, or go out and pay $199 with a two-year contract to make your own decision. But seriously, we recommend you read our review first. Note: we\'re still working on battery tests, we will update the review when those are done.  http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Apple-iPhone-3G-Cell-Phone-Review.htmThe LG Dare is another touch screen device that is pointed directly at the iPhone. Verizon has been moving strongly in the direction of touch screen phones with devices like the LG Voyager and Samsung Glyde. The Dare is the best of the bunch so far, however. It has superior software, a very responsive touch screen, an excellent 3.2 megapixel camera and very good battery life. Is all of this enough to beat out the iPhone 3G and get Verizon customers to shell out $199 with a two-year contract for the Dare instead? Read on to find out. http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/LG-Dare-Cell-Phone-Review.htmThe 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.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Samsung-Instinct-Cell-Phone-Review.htmThe Nokia E66 is the latest in Nokia\'s business oriented E-Series devices. Available in the third quarter of 2008 for north of $500 as an unlocked handset the E66 is an extremely capable device. It\'s solidly built and the form factor is slim and professionally attractive. The organizer and email features, which are probably the most important for business users, have been improved over previous E-Series devices and provide you with powerful business tools. Will it hold up under heavy use, however? Read the review to find out. http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Nokia-E66-Cell-Phone-Review.htmThe Sony-Ericsson Z750a is an entry level flip phone that represents Sony-Ericsson\'s first 3G device for ATandT. As with any 3G device we were concerned about battery life, but found ourselves pleasantly surprised by the results of our tests. In fact we found ourselves smiling a lot as we wrote this review. The Z750a is akin to Quasimodo, on the face it might not look great, but underneath there\'s a lot to love.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Sony-Ericsson-Z750a-Cell-Phone-Review.htmThe Samsung Glyde\'s signature features are a touch screen interface and a slide out QWERTY keyboard. Unfortunately neither impressed us very much. We found the Glyde\'s touch screen was unresponsive and difficult to use. The QWERTY faired a bit better, we could type relatively fast on it, but we found the keys clicky and the top row too close to the upper part of the slider. The Glyde does have some good points, it\'s two megapixel auto-focus camera took better than average shots, battery life on the handset was solid and it sports some advanced features like Verizon\'s TV service and GPS. Does the good outweigh the bad? Read the review to find out.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Samsung-Glyde-Cell-Phone-Review.htmThere\'s a lot to like about the LG enV2, including a nice QWERTY keyboard, GPS and very good battery life. Although there are flaws like lack of email and organizer support, the enV2 is a solid all around handset. There\'s few things it\'s outstanding at, but there are also few things that are truly terrible. We feel comfortable saying that anyone who doesn\'t need advanced smart phone features but do want a QWERTY keyboard will probably enjoy the enV2; and at $129.99 with a two-year contract the price is pretty reasonable as well.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/LG-enV2-Cell-Phone-Review.htmThe Samsung Ace is a powerful Windows Mobile Standard device from Sprint that is similar to the Samsung Blackjack line of phones that have been limited to ATandT until now. The ace up the sleeve, if you pardon the pun, is the support for both Sprint\'s CDMA network and international GSM networks. This puts it on the short list for any Sprint customer who does a lot of overseas travel, but they may be less enamored with the limited talk time, poor camera and the strange decision to leave Office Mobile off the device. The price tag is also a concern as similar handsets can be had for half the Ace\'s $199 cost. Do other bonuses make up for these drawbacks? Read on to find out.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Samsung-Ace-Cell-Phone-Review.htmThe Samsung M520 is a slim professional looking handset from Sprint that provides solid functionality in a reasonably attractive form factor. We liked the handsets easy to use keypad and controls and the fairly responsive interface. The M520 does have its drawbacks, however, like the poor quality photos it takes and the terrible web browser. On the plus side you get solid music playback time, albeit only mediocre talk and web browsing times. Tamping down the enthusiasm on the musi side, however, is Sprint\'s music software, which is slow to load and lacking in features. At the price, $49.99 with a two-year contract and after rebate, the M520 is a good choice for those who want a budget phone that only has a few compromises.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Samsung-M520-Cell-Phone-Review.htmThe SMT5800 looks like a typical Windows Mobile candybar phone at first glance, but it hides a slide-out keyboard for those who love to text or email. In all other respects the SMT5800 will bring all the good, and bad, that you would expect from Windows Mobile Standard, which is the non-touchscreen version. We liked the phone\'s looks and durability, and if professional good looks were everything the SMT5800 would be ahead of the game. Unfortunately a very limited battery life should cause anyone looking at this device some pause.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Verizon-SMT5800-Cell-Phone-Review-.htmThe Nokia 6555 is a low-end offering for ATandT that offers an intriguing mix of the very good, very bad, and in-between. For the former you have controls and a keypad that are very comfortable and responsive. In the middle you have poor battery life and camera quality, and for the last is a stable and fairly fully-featured software suite. Of course at the price of nothing with a two-year contract, after a $50 mail-in rebate, you\'d expect the Nokia 6555 to make a few compromises. Whether those you can live with those compromises is up to you, but you might want to read the rest of the review to find out exactly what you\'ll be living with.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Nokia-6555-Cell-Phone-Review.htmThe Samsung Beat is pretty easy to sum up: entry-level plus some music capabilities. Those who are looking for exactly that will find that the Beat does a solid job being a phone and provides decent music capabilities. In particular they\'ll appreciate the exterior music controls and solid battery life. Anyone looking for something more better not come crying to us when they are inevitably disappointed. The Beat is $50 with contract, after online or mail-in rebates ($100 and $50 respectively). It\'s a T-Mobile exclusive.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Samsung-Beat-for-T-Mobile-Cell-Phone-Review.htmThe Nokia N82 is the latest do everything handset from the Finnish cell phone giant. Like many of its other high end handsets the N82 isn\'t available from any U.S. carriers, instead you\'ll have to purchase the phone from an importer or directly from Nokia when they make it available. The N82 packs a lot of technology into a reasonably small candybar form factor. You\'ll be getting a five megapixel camera with Xenon flash, a smart phone running Symbian Series 60, Wi-Fi and GPS functionality. Most of these features are well integrated and easy to use. That\'s not to say that the Nokia N82 doesn\'t have its bad points as well.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Nokia-N82-Cell-Phone-Review.htmThe W760 is essentially the W580i with insane software upgrades and a slightly different case. Like Motorola\'s Z10, the W760 has video editing software, which, if these phones are any indication, is the latest trend in cell phones. Unlike the Z10, however, the W760 isn\'t a smart phone, so you can\'t outfit it will all sorts of third-party programs. On the positive side, the W760 has such high quality software that the lack of extensibility really shouldn\'t be much of an issue for most users. The price for an unlocked version reflects this: at $399, an unlocked W760 has to compete with fully-featured smart phones. With a carrier contract, however, the price is estimated to be at about $99. If this price point sticks, and carriers don\'t cripple many features, the W760 is set to be a great deal.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Sony-Ericsson-w760-First-Impression-Cell-Phone-Review.htmThe Z10 is a Symbian UIQ based smart phone with great imaging software. The main feature of the device is its video-editing software, which seems intuitive and provides a good array of options. The rest of the software is a bit under par for a smart phone, however, so users might have to make use of the phone\'s extensibility and hunt down some better organizational software. The phone does have an email client, but it doesn\'t support push email. Music playback seems to be better than average, however. The phone\'s price and US release date are currently mysteries, but it should be out in Europe and Asia in March.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Motorola-Z10-First-Impression-Cell-Phone-Review.htmThe Samsung Serenata is best viewed as a concept handset. Someone somewhere thought, "Hey, I sure wish I could make a phone call right now, but all I have are these speakers," and the idea just snowballed from there. The Serenata showcases some incredible Bang and Olufsen stereo speakers, but has software on par with an entry-level phone. Dialing and texting aren\'t the easiest task since the Serenata doesn\'t have a keypad, and the interface is incredibly bland for a fashion phone. The phone is priced at a bank-breaking $1600, and has no US release date named yet.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Samsung-Serenata-First-Impression-Cell-Phone-Review.htmMotorola\'s ROKR E8 is a basic candybar with a context-dependent keypad. This keypad is really the star of the device, offering localized haptic feedback that really feels like hitting a regular phone key. The device is a multimedia-focused handset, and delivers good functionality in a flashy package. Backing it up is 2GB of internal memory that can be augmented by a Micro SD card. The rest of the software seems reminiscent of the Razr2 suite, offering above average PIM management, but nothing quite up to business-user standards. The price has yet to be announced, but we\'re guessing it\'ll be pricey: we haven\'t seen a high-end ROKRs on a US carrier yet, so chances are it\'ll be an import.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Motorola-ROKR-E8-First-Impression-Cell-Phone-Review.htmThe Blackjack II is a powerful Windows Mobile smart phone that brings a high end feature set at a very compelling price. Many of the significant flaws of its predecessor have been addressed such as poor battery life and a difficult to use D-Pad. It also brings support for global roaming on 3G networks and GPS functionality to the table, all for about $100. There are some flies in the ointment, though. The Blackjack II\'s stills camera is pretty poor and we found the control keys were as difficult to use as the original Blackjack. We also noticed some lag from time to time, but not enough to make the device a chore to use. In balance the good things about the Blackjack II outweigh the bad and it will be a very attractive device for those looking for a high end feature set at a reasonable price.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Samsung-Blackjack-II-Cell-Phone-Review.htmThe Motorola Q 9m from Verizon is an average smart phone in many ways, and a below average smart phone in more. This flat, BlackBerry-esque handset doesn\'t boast much other than what Windows Mobile Standard typically offers. Its camera is bad, the handset itself isn\'t particularly attractive, battery life wasn\'t notable, and the phone is slow to respond. The home screen features a media player plugin which would be a great feature if it was either a fully-featured media player or it worked in tandem with the phone\'s version of Windows Media Player. It\'s a separate entity, however, and programmed carelessly: you can actually get two songs playing at the same time.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Motorola-Q-9m-Cell-Phone-Review.htmWhat sort of cell phone does $25 get you? To find out, we cracked open the Wirelessinfo.com piggy bank and went shopping for a pre-paid cell phone that didn\'t tie us up with a long contract. What we found was the $24.99 Motorola W315 running on Verizon\'s INpulse pre-paid service. This phone surprised us in many ways; for something that costs less than dinner for two at a fast food restaurant, the W315 has a decent set of basic features that make it a good deal for the user who just wants to make calls.http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Motorola-W315-Prepaid-Cell-Phone-Review.htm