The LG Bliss has a slim design with a 3.0-inch touch screen, a 2.0-megapixel camera, EV-DO, GPS, and a HTML browser. It also has good call quality

The LG Bliss's construction feels a bit cheap and the browser doesn't support Flash Lite

The LG Bliss is a good midrange touch-screen handset for U.S. Cellular.

The Garmin Nuvifone G60 comes preloaded with North American maps and points of interest. The GPS-enabled smartphone was an accurate navigator and delivered decent call quality

The G60's smartphone capabilities are limited. The accelerometer doesn't work all the time, and the user interface needs some work

The Garmin Nuvifone G60 makes a fine navigator but fails as a smartphone. It's not worth the money.

The Motorola Barrage has a durable design and a functional feature set that includes push-to-talk. Photo and call quality are satisfactory

The Motorola Barrage's 3G connection is a bit slow, and video and music quality are unimpressive

The Motorola Barrage offers Verizon Wireless customers a rugged push-to-talk phone with admirable call quality.

The HTC Pure for AT&T ships with Windows Mobile 6.5, which brings an easier-to-use interface, an improved browser, and new services. The compact smartphone also offers full wireless options and a 5-megapixel camera

The Pure lacks a standard 3.5 millimeter headphone jack. Touch screen is resistive instead of capacitive. Windows Marketplace is a bit slow to load and Internet Explorer Mobile still falls behind the competition

The HTC Pure offers AT&T customers an affordable touch-screen smartphone that showcases a more intuitive Windows Mobile operating system and strikes a nice balance between work and play. That said, those looking for a handset that excels in ...

The HTC Touch2 features a sleek design. Even as an entry-level device, it offers Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and a 3.2-megapixel camera. Windows Mobile 6.5 brings some nice improvements to the user interface

The Touch2 doesn't support U.S. 3G. Screen is low resolution and there's no accelerometer

With the design improvements and enhancements of Windows Mobile 6.5, the HTC Touch2 makes for a nice smartphone for first-time users. Unfortunately, it's not bound for the U.S. and may not be worth its unlocked price.

The HTC Imagio has support for Verizon's V Cast Mobile TV and the carrier's array of V Cast multimedia services. It also has Windows Mobile 6.5, a slew of productivity apps, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, EV-DO Rev. A, and world phone capabilities. We love ...

The HTC Imagio's microSD card is located behind the battery cover and the call quality can be a little choppy

The HTC Imagio is rich with both multimedia and business features, making it a great all-in-one smartphone for the Verizon globetrotter.

The Samsung Instinct HD offers a sleek design with an attractive user interface and a brilliant display. Its HD-capable camera is one of the best around, photo and video quality are sharp, and the loaded feature set includes Wi-Fi

The Samsung Instinct HD was sluggish at times and call quality isn't the sharpest. The Opera 9.7 browser takes some getting used to, and the memory card slot is located behind the battery cover, which is inconvenient. It's also quite expensive

The Samsung Instinct HD packs a lot of features and decent performance into an appealing design. But even with all it has to offer, we'd prefer to pay less and get a full smartphone.

The Samsung SPH-M330 has user-friendly controls, functional features, and decent call quality

The Samsung SPH-M330's plastic construction feels rather flimsy and the display has a low resolution

The Samsung SPH-M330 isn't for the active user, but it's good for infrequent callers who want a few extra features.

The Nokia N86 8MP features an 8-megapixel camera that takes excellent pictures and include advanced options, such as a wide-angle lens and variable aperture. It's also a capable smartphone and offers Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and 3G support

The N86 is expensive. Compared with the competition, the phone's display is a bit low resolution and the software feels outdated

If you can afford it, the Nokia N86 8MP is one of the more advanced and better camera phones on the market today, but there are cheaper alternatives.

The Nokia 5130 Xpress Music has a simple design, functional features and generally satisfying audio quality

The Nokia 5130 Xpress Music's display isn't the sharpest, and its keypad buttons have a cheap feel. Audio quality is distorted at the highest levels

Despite some minor complaints, the Nokia 5130 Xpress Music is an ideal choice for a budget music phone.