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| Samsung Moment |
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 The Samsung Moment is a solid piece of Android hardware with some specs that put it at the top of the pack. That AMOLED screen, for one, is the best of any Android phone we've seen, and you'll love watching movies or just flicking around the interface on the sharp, rich display. The phone lacks the heavy customization and extra features of other new Android phones, especially the Motorola CLIQ and HTC Hero on Sprint, but the secret to Android is that, if you're willing to do a lot of research and digging through the Android App Market, you can find almost all the features you're missing, often for free. If anything, we miss great video support the most, especially with that large, sharp display, and we'd like to see more apps and widgets to bring our favorite social networking services up to the desktop, and into our address books and calendars. But the Moment is still a solid piece of hardware, and even if it doesn't match the others in interface design, it sets a new bar for speed and hardware features on Android. Release: November 2009. Price: $100.
Pros: Great AMOLED screen makes videos and Web pages look sharp. Android is a highly customizable and extensible OS.
Cons: Very large device. Lacks many necessary apps, though most can be found in Android App Market.
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| Sprint Hero |
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 The HTC Hero on Sprint is the best Android phone to date, and one of the best smartphones on the market. This isn't a novice smartphone. The Sprint Hero will take some time to learn, but the device rewards patience. The interface running on top of Google's Android, HTC's Sense experience, is thoroughly enjoyable and intelligent. In almost every way, from the intuitive contextual menus to the desktop widgets to the detailed calling screens, HTC gets things right with the Sprint Hero. It's not an Apple iPhone killer. It handles some functions much better than the iPhone, like integrating and managing social networks. But in other ways, like multimedia playback or even camera performance, the Sprint Hero still comes up short. That said, if your phone is a conduit to your social network, the HTC Hero on Sprint does a great job delivering the information to you, and helping you connect with your online friends. Release: October 2009. Price: $100.
Pros: Fantastic interface design. Great Twitter and Facebook apps and widgets. Solid messaging features. Desktop-grade Web browsing.
Cons: Multimedia playback, especially with pre-recorded videos, was difficult to manage. Camera was disappointing. Design could be more exciting.
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| Samsung Intrepid |
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 The Samsung Intrepid is not a very exciting Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone, especially compared with some of the new models that are hitting the market. It mostly reminds us of AT&T's Samsung Jack, though there are a few solid improvements beyond the addition of the touchscreen and the new WinMo OS. The Samsung Intrepid has a great keyboard, for one thing, and for battery life the Intrepid ranks among the best Windows Mobile phones around. Web browsing has been greatly improved with the new Windows Mobile, but it still lags behind the best of the best, and some apps, like the calendar, Windows Media player and all those system settings menus, have seen little or no improvement at all. If you're looking for a BlackBerry alternative, the Samsung Intrepid makes a compelling choice, though it isn't as adept at handling messaging and social networking as the BlackBerry Tour, for example. Still, with the new Windows Mobile Marketplace app store and some great new services from Microsoft, Windows Phones are getting more interesting all the time. Release: October 2009. Price: $150.
Pros: Great keyboard. Long lasting battery. Improved Web browsing over older versions of Internet Explorer mobile. Windows Mobile Marketplace still blossoming.
Cons: Media player, scheduling apps untouched, need serious work. Buggy system had strange problems. New interface design hardly an improvement. Touchscreen seems unnecessary.
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| Samsung Instinct HD |
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 The Samsung Instinct HD is like the coolest kid you knew in the 8th grade. Fun at parties, and at one point it seemed like all the tricks and bells and whistles would measure up against the serious competitors, but as the market grows up, the Samsung Instinct HD lags behind, except for a couple neat tricks left up its sleeve. In fact, the Samsung Instinct HD is the best phone on the market for shooting video, with high definition movies recorded at 720p resolution and even a video output port (cable sold separately) to let you play your movies on a real HDTV. The Samsung Instinct HD has learned how to dress a little nicer, though the look hasn't quite grown up like the rest of the smartphone market. It's also caught onto the latest fads, like Twitter and Facebook, though it hasn't quite gotten the hang of these, and the dedicated apps lacked great features and behaved poorly. For navigation, it's not a very good driver, and it's taste in music is still immature, though for movies it does a bang-up job and can quote from your favorites like a trained actor. All the big kids know their way around the Web, and while the Samsung Instinct HD can take you to all your favorite sites, it just isn't mature enough to comfortably fit in, and sometimes network and reception problems held the phone back. Release: October 2009. Price: $250.
Pros: Great camera with top-notch, high definition video recording. Feature-packed alternative to smartphones. Quality screen does a nice job playing movies.
Cons: Interface a bit basic and unresponsive. Menus are poorly organized and bloated with less important features. Some apps buggy, underpowered compared to smarter versions.
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| Sprint Touch Pro2 |
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 The HTC Touch Pro2 is one of our favorite business phones, and it's definitely the best Windows Mobile phone money (a lot of money) can buy. But not this HTC Touch Pro2. Something has been lost in the translation to Sprint's fast EV-DO Rev. A network, and that something is reliability and responsiveness. The Sprint Touch Pro2 that we tested was a mess of buggy software, sluggish menus and unresponsive interface. The best features are still there, like the fantastic keyboard and the best-in-class business calling that puts important information about your callers at your fingertips during a call. But the additions that Sprint has made, like the Sprint Music Store and the Sprint TV streaming service, didn't work well on this phone, and all around it lagged behind the unlocked version and the model that T-Mobile is selling. If you're set on the HTC Touch Pro2, we'd recommend trying it on a different network. If you need a good business phone on Sprint, the carrier has plenty of compelling phones to choose from. Release: September 2009. Price: $350.
Pros: Best keyboard on a business smartphone. Excellent call features and call quality. Lots of extras for sports fans.
Cons: Lagging performance and bugs all around. Camera disappointing. Resistive touchscreen still imperfect while scrolling.
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