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Number of Reviews collected

in Cell Phones

362

Total

1962

Source country

US

United States

Language: English

Source rating scale

1
5

Average source rating

70

Highest rating

100

Lowest rating

20

Cell Phones

LG enV Touch

LG enV Touch

By Tong Zhang

What's hot: Two large and bright displays and a very usable QWERTY keyboard.

, it's worth mentioning that the LG enV Touch competes more with the Samsung Impression and the LG Xenon from AT&T as a high-end QWERTY feature phone than with smartphones like the iPhone.

June, 2009

No rating

alaSCORE 89

31 reviews

Nokia N97

The Nokia N97 is Nokia's latest flagship N series phone and the second Nokia to have a touch screen and S60 5th Edition (the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic was the first by several months). At $699 list, the N97 costs about twice as much as the 5800 and as ...

Excellent camera, very good customizable home screen widgets, unlocked for use with any GSM carrier. Excellent voice quality and good volume in calls. Superb slider mechanism and overall good build quality, though not as ritzy looking as Nokia's metal ...

Touch experience isn't quite there yet with some inconsistencies, expensive, sometimes runs out of memory if you don't keep track of and manage running programs. Streaming YouTube video still takes a long time to launch and seems to tax the phone's ...

When the Nokia N97 was announced in January 2009, it looked awesome. Six months is an eternity in the world of technology, and now it looks like a fine phone and an easy choice for well-heeled Nokia S60 fans but it's no slam dunk for those who are ...

June, 2009

Rating

80

alaSCORE 97

1378 reviews

Apple iPhone 3G

Another year, another iPhone launch from Apple. The 3rd generation iPhone is still exclusive to AT&T in the US and it's still the hottest phone on the planet in terms of user interest (err, obsession?) and hype. Even the recently released Palm Pre (an ...

Better camera that shoots 30fps video, faster

Less customizable than other smartphones in terms of look and feel of UI

, which Apple and AT&T are still selling but at a lower price. Like the 3G iPhone, it's available in black and white and in two storage capacities, upgraded from the 3G to 16 and 32 gigs. The white is available in both sizes this time around. The ...

June, 2009

Rating

90

alaSCORE 93

3012 reviews

Apple iPhone 3GS

iPhone 3GS

By Lisa Gade

What's hot: Better camera that shoots 30fps video, faster.

, which Apple and AT&T are still selling but at a lower price. Like the 3G iPhone, it's available in black and white and in two storage capacities, upgraded from the 3G to 16 and 32 gigs. The white is available in both sizes this time around. The ...

June, 2009

Rating

90

alaSCORE 99

785 reviews

Samsung Jack

Samsung Jack

By Lisa Gade

What's hot: Compact, good keyboard

If you're a QWERTY-bar smartphone person who could care less about a touch screen and you're not tied to BlackBerry's email service, the Jack is a solid choice and one of the better Windows Mobile smartphones currently on the market. It's responsive ...

June, 2009

Rating

70

alaSCORE 86

7 reviews

Nokia E75

The Nokia E75 is one of the few QWERTY side-slider smartphones that masquerades as a candybar phone. Like the HTC S740, it has a front number pad and d-pad and can be used as a traditional phone, complete with T9-style text entry. But wait: slide the ...

Slim and beautiful with great build quality

QVGA resolution is getting old

A superbly slim and attractive phone, the Nokia E75 has the class and quality of a Bond movie prop (we're speaking of the black version, we haven't seen the red model in the flesh). The smartphone has Nokia's usual excellent voice quality and phone ...

June, 2009

No rating

alaSCORE 95

210 reviews

Nokia E71x

When we reviewed the unlocked GSM Nokia E71 NAM 9 months ago, we loved it, as did most reviewers. For an unlocked phone it was reasonably priced, had drop-dead good looks, a metal casing, plenty of features and the stability of Symbian with S60. It ...

Very reasonably priced, yet high quality smartphone. Very slim, gorgeous design and solid. Responsive and stable. Good HTML web browser, good CV streaming video playback performance. Very good GPS performance

Push email lovers who are addicted to BlackBerry phones might be disappointed with the Nokia's email client (it's hard to beat RIM in that regard)

The Nokia E71x offers a great deal of bang for the buck. It's well-made, super-slim, attractive, has a good QWERTY keyboard, good reception and Nokia's usual very good voice quality. AT&T hasn't choked the E71x with bloatware and performance in terms ...

May, 2009

Rating

80

alaSCORE 89

21 reviews

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i-mate JAMin

By Lisa Gade

The i-mate JAM was one of the first very compact Windows Mobile Pocket PC phones and as a result, it was a hit. Though not offered by any carrier in the US, it was readily available unlocked from importers and online retailers. In just a year, the JAM ...

Very compact for a PPC phone, sharp display, has Bluetooth with support for many profiles, WiFi and Exchange push email support (with most recent ROM). Good battery life. A stable Windows Mobile offering. Full sized SD slot

Though 2 megapixels, the camera takes photos with impossible color inaccuracies. A tad sluggish (power users will want to try some over-clocking)

in some respects.

May, 2009

No rating

alaSCORE 82

383 reviews

Palm Treo 755p

Treo 755p

By Tong Zhang

The Treo 750 paved the way for a new generation of Treo smartphones when the Treo 750v was first released for Vodafone overseas. The new wave of Treo devices and the current Treo 700p and Treo 700wx don't have a huge generation gap, as the heart of ...

Ergonomic one-handed operation sets standard for the industry. Smaller and slightly lighter body makes the Treo feel even better in hand. Rich PIM applications and features, stellar Office document performance offered by Docs To Go. Good options for ...

No WiFi. Sprint TV has poor performance. Data speed on EVDO is less than thrilling. Battery life is passable

should be enticed. And now you don't have to switch to Cingular to get an antenna-less Treo!

May, 2009

Rating

80

alaSCORE 82

245 reviews

Sanyo SCP-2700

Sanyo SCP-2700

By Tong Zhang

What's hot: Very affordable messaging phone. Attractive phone for the younger crowd. Good messaging features.

Attractive phone for the younger crowd. Good voice quality and strong contacts database. Good messaging features. GPS works well with Sprint Navigation. Good battery life. Good price with the rebate

Keyboard is small. The web browser doesn't work with full HTML sites well. No expansion slot. No A2DP support

For its intended entry-level users, the Sanyo SCP-2700 is both attractive and easy to use. Pre-teens and young teens who mostly text and make phone calls should give this phone a look. GPS and support for the Sprint Navigation and Family Locator ...

April, 2009

Rating

60

alaSCORE 85

8 reviews

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