The Highnote has impressive music features, but video quality falls short.

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 of...

Pantech's C610 handset is sort of like a Volkswagen Bug with a Mercedes engine dropped in. It's a basic clamshell phone made to access AT&T's slick 3G services, like Internet browsing and streaming video. So the results are mixed: You may be traveling...

Access to lots of nice 3G services Low price

Small keypad and display screens Lacks USB cable and memory card

All in all, the C610 isn't a bad phone, and it's certainly priced reasonably. The deciding factor should be whether or not you can live with its small keypad and display, which might put a crimp on the usefulness and enjoyment you get out of the fast 3G s...

BlackBerry users finally get a good-looking clamshell, but the keyboard and other features fall short.

Attractive design and displays Wi-Fi, UMA support

Keyboard can be difficult to use T-Mobile's EDGE data network is slow

My review unit came preloaded with mapping software and recent versions of DataViz's Word-, Excel-, and PowerPoint-compatible Office apps (Docs to Go, Sheet to Go, and Slideshow to Go, respectively). In a pinch, you can use them to review content and to m...

The BlackBerry Bold 9000, Research in Motion's formidable contender in the 3G market, has finally arrived. And though the Bold boasts a sleek design, a sharp display, and high-speed connectivity, it fails to impress in other areas--particularly, its call...

Improved keyboard Visually stunning display

Disappointing call quality Expensive

The BlackBerry Bold delivers high-speed browsing and powerful messaging capabilities, and it represents a major step up in form and function over existing BlackBerry models. But faults such as mediocre call quality and an unimpressive camera impede its po...

At first glance, the T-Mobile G1 ($179 with a two-year contract) doesn't seem to merit much attention. It looks like just another bland, HTC-manufactured phone. But use the G1--the first phone to run Google's Android operating system--for 5 minutes, and y...

Highly responsive touchscreen Android OS offers great flexibility

No standard headphone jack No video camera

The camera app is a big disappointment. Though the device has a 3-megapixel camera, it lacks a flash, a zoom, and any controls for adjust image quality, white balance, or the like. There's no camcorder, either, though T-Mobile says that the imaging sensor...

As Nokia's very first 3G phone with a full QWERTY keyboard, the $500 E71 is an all-around improvement on its predecessor, the E61. It not only has a sleeker and more sophisticated curved design, but it packs a multitude of features ideal for both business...

Slim and sophisticated design Web browser easy to use and loads fast

Camera quality mediocre Limited applications for US audience

Unfortunately, the E71 comes at a steep price, as it is not currently offered by any U.S. carriers. You'll have to drop around $500 for it, so it is important to evaluate exactly what you want out of it. But overall, the E71 shines as a stylish device tha...

Having enjoyed success with its sporty Centro models, Palm is taking some of the lessons it learned there back to its Treo business line: The Palm Treo Pro integrates certain Centro design elements with the Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system and with the...

Skinny Treo delivers 3G, Wi-Fi and GPS Includes applet to close running apps

Gets warm in the hand rather quickly No carrier subsidy, so its rather pricey

The Treo Pro has plenty of pluses: Svelte good looks, bundled GPS software, a standard earphone jack, and easy Windows Mobile app shutdown. But the Treo Pro's heat issue worries me--and its high unlocked price tag could turn off anyone whose corporate IT...

Innovative design and seamless integration between software and hardware propelled the first-generation iPhone to instant stardom. Its successor, the iPhone 3G, at once expands upon that innovation--and delivers it at half the entry price of its predecess...

Has a 3G radio for faster wireless data Integrates assisted GPS

Service plan is more expensive

If you already own a first-generation iPhone, though, you should be wary of upgrading. You'll pay more for service, and if you don't live in a 3G-friendly area, or can manage well enough using a Wi-Fi network for Web browsing instead of a cellular network...

An excellent smartphone with plenty of features for work and play.

Includes 3G support and GPS Excellent messaging features

Battery life could be better

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