The Pharos Traveler 127 ($530, unlocked) Windows Mobile smart phone packs tons of features, including a highly capable GPS. Unfortunately, this handset lives up to the WinMo reputation of coupling a confusing interface with sluggish performance.

Solid GPS capabilities Responsive, crisp touch screen

Confusing user interface Handset’s build feels cheap

With so many GPS-enabled phones on the market, it is difficult to say whether it is worth dropping $530 on the Pharos Traveler 127. In its favor: The Pharos's Smart Navigator software is good and fairly accurate. But its interface is confusing, and ...

Pharos' Traveler 127 has great GPS features, but is bogged down by a confusing and sluggish user interface.

Solid GPS capabilities ; Responsive, crisp touch screen

No Windows Mobile overlay ; Handset's build feels cheap

With so many GPS-enabled phones on the market, it is difficult to say whether it is worth dropping $530 on the Pharos Traveler 127. In its favor: The Pharos' Smart Navigator software is good and fairly accurate. But its interface is confusing and the ...

The Nokia N96 ($775, unlocked) caused a lot of international buzz when it debuted earlier this year. Finally, ten months later, a U.S. version has shipped, but it wasn't worth the long wait: Though this model has the same excellent multimedia and ...

5-megapixel camera Excellent multimedia features

Clunky, cheap build No touch screen or QWERTY keyboard

Nokia addresses that issue with the N96's already-announced successor, the N97, which has both features. And though a U.S. version of the N97 isn't currently available, I imagine we will see one at some point. The N96 offers a strong feature set, but ...

Though the Nokia N96 cell phone offers an excellent feature set, you're better off waiting for the N97, when it becomes available in the U.S.

Excellent multimedia features ; 5-megapixel camera

No touch screen or QWERTY keyboard ; Clunky, cheap build

Nokia addresses that issue with the N96's already-announced successor, the N97, which has both features. And though a U.S. version of the N97 isn't currently available, I imagine we will see one at some point. The N96 offers a strong feature set, but ...

The Motorola Motozine ZN5 is part cell phone, part digital camera. It's the brainchild of a partnership between Motorola and Kodak, boasting a 5-megapixel camera with a bevy of impressive settings and features. And at $99 (after a $100 mail-in rebate) ...

Excellent camera with many features Superior battery life

Lacks 3G support Uninspired design

The Motorola Motozine ZN5 might not be the most eye-catching handset or the fastest phone around, but its impressive camera makes those small faults forgivable. And you can't beat the $100 price

The 3G Samsung Behold ($150 from T-Mobile), the younger sibling of the Samsung Omnia on the Verizon network, is a slick cell phone with a bevy of advanced multimedia features and a responsive touch screen. However, the Behold lacks Wi-Fi and a ...

Responsive touch interface Impressive camera

Mediocre Web browser No Wi-Fi or standard headphone jack

The Behold isn't a full-on multimedia powerhouse, though. I was disappointed that the Behold didn't come loaded with the Samsung TouchPlayer, an impressive media player we tested on the Omnia. Instead, the Behold has a bare-bones music player that ...

The head-turning Samsung Behold is a responsive touch-screen cell phone with a few advanced features and a great camera.

Responsive touch interface ; Full-featured camera with flash

Mediocre Web browser ; No Wi-Fi or standard headphone jack

The Behold isn't a full-on multimedia powerhouse, though. I was disappointed that the Behold didn't come loaded with the Samsung TouchPlayer, an impressive media player we tested on the Omnia. Instead, the Behold has a bare-bones music player that ...

The Samsung Highnote for Sprint is a unique two-way slider phone with great audio features for music lovers. But some design flaws make navigation on the Highnote tricky, and video quality is mediocre at best.

Great music playback features Unique two-way slider design

Mediocre video quality Navigation is counterintuitive

First and foremost, the Samsung Highnote is a music phone, and it certainly impresses with its good audio quality and generous array of features. Despite the tricky controls and mediocre video quality, the Highnote is a great phone for any music lover

Samsung's reentry into the U.S. laptop market provides solid competition--even for ultraportables--but with slicker looks and more features.

Bright, easily-viewable screen ; Many great features in a slim package

Could have used a better discrete GPU

I'm pretty impressed with the Samsung X460. Oh, sure, I have a couple quibbles about choices like the discrete but low-end GPU (obviously a cost-cutting measure), but that doesn't stop me from recommending this machine. It's a little outside the range ...

The smartphone developer has unveiled its biggest threat to the iPhone 3G yet, and the new rival is impressive.

The 3G handset allows users to surf the Web over mobile networks or via Wi-Fi 802.11b/g. The smartphone works on WCDMA 900/2100MHz networks and supports quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE