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	The best 3G phones available now	By Ben Patterson, 31 May 2006

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Check out the just-released Motorola Q and the latest EV-DO-enabled Palm Treos. Plus: speedy (and almost here) music and camera phones from Nokia.

Score: 60% When: May 2006 Worth: $150 - $300 Carrier: Verizon Wireless

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?

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Score: 60% When: May 2006 Worth: $250 - $650 Carrier: Sprint, Verizon Wireless

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.

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Score: 87% When: January 2006 Worth: $250 - $500 Carrier: Verizon Wireless

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.

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Score: 76% When: August 2006 Worth: $600

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.

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When: February 2007

Ben Patterson reports his findings from CTIA on the screen-a-licious Nokia 6126 clamshell.

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Best Smartphones

Name	Score	Price	Carrier	C
Nokia N95 8GB NAM	83%	$450	Unlocked
Apple iPhone 3GS	83%	$200	AT&T
Sprint Hero	81%	$100	Sprint
Motorola Droid	81%	$200	Verizon Wireless
HTC Droid Eris	81%	$100	Verizon Wireless
HTC HD2	79%	$800	Unlocked
Samsung Moment	78%	$100	Sprint
Apple iPhone 3G	77%	$100	AT&T
RIM BlackBerry Tour	77%	$200	Verizon Wireless
HTC Touch Pro2	77%	$350	T-Mobile
Sprint Tour	77%	$200	Sprint
HTC Imagio	77%	$200	Verizon Wireless
HTC Tilt 2	77%	$300	AT&T
RIM BlackBerry Storm 2	77%	$180	Verizon Wireless
RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700	77%	$200	AT&T, T-Mobile
Nokia E75	76%	$380	Unlocked
Nokia E71x	76%	$100	AT&T Wireless
Sprint Touch Pro2	76%	$350	Sprint
Verizon Wireless Touch Pro2	76%	$200	Verizon Wireless
Motorola Cliq	76%	$200	T-Mobile
Samsung Intrepid	76%	$150	Sprint
Nokia N97	75%	$650	Unlocked
RIM BlackBerry Curve 8900 (T-Mobile)	75%	$200	T-Mobile
RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Sprint)	74%	$200	Sprint
T-Mobile G1	74%	$180	T-Mobile

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