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How to instant message with your phone
30 May, World Edition SMS is so 1996; these days, it's all about instant messaging. If you own either a business phone or a reasonably recent Java-enabled handset, getting your chat on is as easy as pie - we show you how. More... | |
The perfect messaging phone
26 May, US Edition SMS and MMS aren't all that bad, but neither hold a candle to sans-restraints e-mail and instant messaging. Here's how to pick the perfect phone for staying textually in touch on the move. More... | |
Review: LG F9200
21 Apr, US Edition Ben Patterson takes a turn tapping on the LG F9200, an easy-on-the-eyes messaging phone with a slide-out thumbboard for texting, IMs and e-mails. More... |
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TOP RATED MESSAGING PHONES
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T-Mobile Sidekick 3
Score: 80% When: July 2006 Worth: $300 - $350 What: Phones, T-Mobile phones
With its music, EDGE and Bluetooth capabilities, the sleek new Sidekick 3 may not be a giant leap forward (we're holding out for a 3G version once T-Mobile gets around to launching a high-speed network), but it's a worthy successor to one of the best messaging phones on the market. More...
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LG F9200
Score: 67% When: January 2006 Worth: $150 - $350 What: Messaging phones, Teen phones
If you’re all about the text, the F9200’s relatively robust messaging features will likely make the grade. But for anyone who even remotely cares about phone displays or image quality on your snapshots, the phone’s cheap LCD and mediocre camera are sure to disappoint – especially considering that LG’s feature-packed (and 3G-enabled) VX9800 is available at Verizon Wireless for just $50 more. More...
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Kyocera Switch_Back
Score: 67% When: April 2006 Worth: $150 - $350 What: Messaging phones, Teen phones
No teen we know would turn down the compact, too-cool-for-school Switch_Back, and its solid thumbboard and impressive VGA camera certainly weigh in its favor. However, we can’t help but be disappointed by the phone’s lackluster messaging abilities, and its lack of conference calling is a key omission. If Virgin Mobile would support more IM clients and add three-way calling, we’d really have something here. More...
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Kyocera Switch_Back
Score: 67% When: April 2006 Worth: $150 What: Messaging phones, Teen phones
Open sesame; the Switch_Back from Kyocera opens sideways to reveal a super-size thumbboard to back up its instant messaging support. Also: a 0.3 Megapixel camera More...
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LG F9200
Score: 67% When: January 2006 Worth: $150 What: Messaging phones, Teen phones
Equipped with a slide-out thumbboard, the F9200 comes with a VGA camera, AOL/ICQ/Yahoo instant messaging, and a speakerphone. More...
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Samsung SGH-D307
When: October 2005 Worth: $200 What: Samsung phones, Cingular phones
Joining the ranks of Cingular's more unusual handsets, the EDGE-enabled Samsung SGH-D307 includes Bluetooth, a full QWERTY keypad, and opens in both portrait and landscape modes. More...
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LG VX9800
When: September 2005 Worth: $150 - $200 What: 3G phones, LG phones
LG's latest high-end clamshell features a 262K colour screen, built-in thumbboard, miniSD expansion and EV-DO for high speed data, a music player, and a speakerphone. More...
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T-Mobile Sidekick 3
Score: 80% When: July 2006 Worth: $300 - $350 What: Phones, T-Mobile phones
A successor to the wildly popular Sidekick II, this updated messaging phone adds an integrated music player, Bluetooth, and a 1.3-megapixel camera to an already superb slate of e-mail, IM and calling features. More...
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