Whether you’re a music lover, a budding photographer or a mobile road warrior, there’s a 3G handset made just for you. Check out the latest phones from Motorola, Nokia, LG, Palm, and more.
After almost a year, the sleek and slim Q – the thinnest smartphone on the market with a QWERTY thumbboard – has finally arrived. Was it worth the wait?
Jørgen Sundgot gets blitzed by Nokia's N80 multimedia marvel, a 3 Megapixel camera phone which streams photos around your home over Wi-Fi, dabbles in a business and even plays a tune or two.
The slimmed-down VX8300 sheds some weight and adds stereo Bluetooth headset support. Did this eye-catching music phone manage to rock our respective words? Ben Patterson gives it a listen.
The hotly anticipated Nokia N73 camera phone has nearly every bell and whistle under the sun; we've put the 3.2-Megapixel wunderkind through its paces.
Palm and Windows Mobile? Say it ain't so! The EV-DO-equipped Treo 700w politely disagrees, and Larry Garfield takes a look and finds there are benefits to playing both sides.
The 700p brings speedy 3G data access to the Palm OS line of Treos, along with wireless modem capabilities, Bluetooth, a 1.3-megapixel camera, and even live TV. Ben Patterson gives this long-anticipated smartphone the once-over.
Score: 70% When: May 2006 Worth: $250 Carrier: Helio
This 3G bi-directional spinner boasts integration with MySpace, streaming video playback and the ability to "gift," "beg" for or "rent" games and other content. Ben Patterson takes the Kickflip for a test drive.
Score: 71% When: May 2006 Worth: $275 Carrier: Helio
This bulky black-and-silver slider – the second of two EV-DO handsets from virtual carrier Helio – boasts a 2-megapixel camera, streaming video and the ability to post photos on MySpace. Can the Hero soar above its 3G competitors?
With quad-band GSM/CDMA and EV-DO for high speed data transfer, Samsung's thumbboard-equipped SCH-i830 communicator is slated for US shelves in time for the holidays.
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