With a gorgeous AMOLED display and an excellent camera, the pricey Samsung Behold II will appeal to multimedia junkies with deep pockets.

Excellent camera; stunning AMOLED display

On the expensive side; TouchWiz feels a bit cluttered

Even so, the Behold II is still quite pocketable and light, and with its curved edges and its brown and black color scheme (Samsung calls it Mystic Brown), the Behold II is much more attractive than its boxy predecessor. The face of the phone has a ...

Palm's latest WebOS smartphone, the sprightly Pixi, is a slimmed-down version of the Palm Pre.

Great features in WebOS; cute, pocketable hardware design

Can be slow to open/close apps; no Wi-Fi

The first thing you'll notice about the Pixi is how light it is. In fact, when I first picked it up, I had to check whether it had the battery installed. Weighing a scant 3.3 ounces, the Pixi feels really nice in the hand thanks to its rubberized back ...

If you want a cheaper Android-based alternative to the Droid and can live without a hardware keyboard, the Droid Eris is a good choice.

Direct Outlook synchronization; bright, sharp display

Ships with Android 1.5 instead of 2.0; front panel softkeys difficult to find

The Droid Eris has a 528MHz Qualcomm MSM 7600 CPU, while the myTouch 3G has a 528MHz Qualcomm MSM 7201A chip. The Eris has a 5.0-megapixel camera (up from a 3.2-megapixel camera), Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 2.0; includes a GPS receiver; and supports the ...

Although it has some quirks, the variety of features and the high customizability that the Hero smartphone offers is hard to beat.

Ergonomic design with solid construction; sense UI is attractive and customizable

Native Flash support didn't always work; sluggish performance

Compared with the European Hero, the Sprint-branded version looks like a completely different phone. Its corners are much more rounded, and it no longer has the trademark HTC chin. The hardware buttons are rearranged and now surround the trackball, ...

If you're rocking an aging BlackBerry, you should definitely consider the Bold 9700. Its keyboard, display, software, and specs make it the best BlackBerry to date, by far.

Attractive, slimmed-down design; excellent, ergonomic keyboard

Camera is just average; browser can't compete with other top phones

On the right spine are the volume rocker and the camera shutter/convenience key (a function key that you can program to open any app of your choice). On the left side you'll find another convenience key as well as the standard 3.5mm headphone jack and ...

The Droid certainly lives up to its promises and does a lot of things the iPhone doesn't. The iPhone will probably keep its smartphone throne for now, but it will have to deal with a powerful new competitor.

Snappy Web browsing; gorgeous 3.7-inch display

Some camera images come out grainy; flat keyboard is difficult to type on; currently has no access to Verizon's V Cast

The Droid's keyboard doesn't occupy the full length of the phone; a four-way directional pad with a select button sits on the right side. The keys are backlit, but since they're mostly flat, you'll need to keep an eye on what you're typing until you ...

The good part about Adobe's new Photoshop.com Mobile iPhone app is that it's easy, intuitive, fast, and fun, and does what it says it will do. The bad part is that it doesn't do that much.

The very idea of Photoshop on the iPhone seems almost too high concept. However, considering that the iPhone already hosts an impressive array of image editors—used to quickly fix pictures taken with its low-resolution camera for e-mail or upload to ...

The beautifully designed Motorola Cliq is a social butterfly's dream phone, but others may find the MotoBlur user interface overwhelming.

High-quality design and construction; MotoBlur is an innovative way to stay connected

5-megapixel camera disappoints; doesn't ship with newest version of Android OS 1.6

The 320-by-480-pixel capacitive touch display dominates the phone's face. Though a 3.1-inch screen is large enough to support watching a video or navigating around the interface comfortably, Motorola didn't use the available real estate very ...

PC World's Melissa J. Perenson looks at the T-Mobile myTouch 3G, the second T-Mobile smartphone to run Google's Android operating system. And while this iPhone competitor has a lot going for it, it's not without its flaws.

Lightweight, compact design ; gorgeous display ; onscreen keyboard offers haptic feedback vibration ; integrated universal search works on the Web or within individual apps ; easy-to-use trackball

Prone to showing fingerprints ; must use HTC's proprietary headphones ; onscreen keyboard difficult to type on ; some sluggish performance when using the OS ; Google Voice Search lacks accuracy

Other design touches I appreciated were the well-cut, light-up navigation buttons beneath the screen (Home, Menu, back, and search—a new addition) and the deep well that surrounds the smooth navigation trackball. Also, the volume rocker is longer and ...

The Palm Pre is the latest in a line of supposed "iPhone killers," but underneath all the hype there's a surprisingly competent phone, if accompanied by uninspiring hardware.

Multitasking card interface lets you run many programs at once ; unified e-mail Inbox ; message flagging ; iTunes media syncing ; excellent notifications system ; multitouch gestures ; Synergy contact system good when it works

Often unintuitive interface ; cheap-feeling hardware construction ; poor hardware user interface design ; physical keyboard is difficult to use ; Synergy contact system doesn't always work as advertised ; touch screen is not always responsive

With sagging profits and an uphill slog in front of it, Palm has had to bet the farm on the Pre's success as well as that of its underlying ground-up technological revamp, the webOS. So can Palm do it? Does the Pre live up to its hype? Let's take a ...