alaTest USA - Product Tests & Reviews

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Number of Reviews collected

in Cell Phones

553

Total

1541

Source country

US

United States

Language: English

Source rating scale

1
100

Average source rating

66

Highest rating

97

Lowest rating

25

Cell Phones

Samsung Behold (SGH-T919)

Samsung Behold II review

By Philip Berne

T-Mobile's tablet gets an Android update, but is Samsung's TouchWIZ interface a good match for Android? Find out in our Samsung Behold II review.

High-quality OLED screen looks great ;

Samsung's TouchWIZ interface hurts Android experience. Keyboard is cramped and difficult ;

) but it has never been among the best interfaces out there. This becomes especially evident on the Samsung Behold II. In a nutshell, TouchWIZ offers a drawer filled with desktop shortcuts and widgets, as well as a shortcut bar along the bottom. The ...

November, 2009

Rating

70

alaSCORE 89

172 reviews

LG Chocolate Touch review

LG Chocolate Touch review

By Philip Berne

This Chocolate wants to melt in your hands, but is Verizon Wireless' new touchscreen music phone really so luscious? Find out in our LG Chocolate Touch review.

Great music playback with some fun additional features. Solid call quality with better battery life than we expected

Lousy, unresponsive touchscreen hurts many features, especially messaging. Besides music and calling, little to recommend on this phone

Instead of the fancy flash-based system of earlier LG Chocolate phones, the LG Chocolate Touch tries to emulate a smartphone OS, mostly Android. There's a home row of buttons on the bottom, though music, easily the phone's best feature, is shuffled ...

November, 2009

Rating

61

no alaScore

1 reviews

HTC Droid Eris review

HTC Droid Eris review

By Philip Berne

Verizon Wireless has a second Android phone up their sleeves. Find out all about it in our HTC Droid Eris review.

Best interface on a mobile device. Social networks integrate neatly with online contacts and calendars. Detailed and useful information presented during calls

Interface may be too complicated for new users. Lacks GPS turn-by-turn navigation. Camera is horrible

Sense interface concept on top of the stock Android 1.5 design, never leaves you wanting more because there is always a deeper level. Instead of a single home screen, the Droid Eris gets a 7-pane window where you can drag and store all sorts of icons, ...

November, 2009

Rating

81

no alaScore

1 reviews

Samsung Instinct HD SPH-M850

Samsung Instinct HD review

By Philip Berne

Once an Apple iPhone-killer, now Sprint's top feature phone stakes its claim as the first with HD video recording. See how it measures up in our Samsung Instinct HD review.

Great camera with top-notch, high definition video recording. Feature-packed alternative to smartphones. Quality screen does a nice job playing movies

Interface a bit basic and unresponsive. Menus are poorly organized and bloated with less important features. Some apps buggy, underpowered compared to smarter versions

Sprint HTC Hero

November, 2009

Rating

68

alaSCORE 90

37 reviews

BlackBerry Bold 9700

BlackBerry Bold 9700 review

By Philip Berne

T-Mobile and AT&T produce a BlackBerry that does everything BlackBerry phones do best. Is that enough? Find out in our BlackBerry Bold 9700 review.

Great battery life. Well organized inbox aggregates all incoming messages. UMA calling is very convenient

Interface still bland, poorly organized. Web browser lags behind competition. Lacks some necessary software, including turn-by-turn GPS navigation

HTC Hero on Sprint

November, 2009

Rating

77

alaSCORE 95

229 reviews

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

If you're looking around for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 release date, it now turns out that it'll hit store shelves in conjunction with the Mobile World Congress next year.

November, 2009

No rating

no alaScore

24 reviews

HTC Touch HD / HTC Blackstone

WinMo fans can now enjoy an in-depth review of the HTC HD2 for O2 UK, revealing impressive performance compared to last year's HTC Touch HD.

a boost beyond what would be natural to imagine only a few months ago

November, 2009

No rating

alaSCORE 94

711 reviews

Motorola Droid

Motorola Droid review

By Philip Berne

Verizon Wireless' first Android phone is here, with a big push from Google's new Android 2.0 OS. Check it out in our in-depth Motorola Droid review.

Excellent build quality. High-end features, especially the large display. Google Maps with Navigation is fantastic and free

Verizon Wireless didn't add much to Google's stock interface. Camera was disappointing. Most features were superlative, but nothing unique

has opted for touch sensitive buttons, a mistake, we think, since hardware buttons are always more responsive, but we had little trouble with Moto's row of touch keys

October, 2009

Rating

81

alaSCORE 96

40 reviews

Android 2.0 Goes Official

The highlights of what will be offered in Android 2.0 are now available, revealing a range of improvements to the platform.

- Quick Contact for Android provides instant access to a contact's information and communication modes. For example, a user can tap a contact photo and select to call, SMS, or email the person. Other applications such as Email, Messaging, and Calendar ...

October, 2009

No rating

no alaScore

3 reviews

BlackBerry Storm 9530

BlackBerry Storm 2 review

By Philip Berne

Verizon Wireless and RIM release a polished update to the original touchscreen BlackBerry. Find out more in our BlackBerry Storm 2 review.

Faster, more responsive than original BlackBerry Storm. Fantastic display quality, great for movies. Well-organized messaging

Interface design is frustrating and cumbersome, even when SurePress works well. Browser still lagging. Some features could use a serious graphical boost

The system can deactivate the click sensation electronically and sometimes this happens when it shouldn't, leaving you stranded with nothing to press. In our testing period, we found plenty of inconsistencies in the interface design, and we never grew ...

October, 2009

Rating

77

alaSCORE 86

61 reviews

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