We've been waiting since CTIA to get our mitts on a fully baked X1. As the full-featured flagship of Sony Ericsson's multimedia phones we had high hopes for the device. The spec sheet reads like a recipe for excellence: multiple high speed data options, c...

Full featured yet surprisingly sturdy. 800 x 480 touchscreen is both highly responsive and razor sharp. Rockstar battery life for calls, standby and even web use. Decent data speeds over 3G and WiFi. Tweakable status lights range from discreet to disco. I...

Essentially a lazy, fragmented and expensive implementation of legitimately good ideas. QWERTY pad feels unnecessarily flat and lacks arrow keys. Optical joypad is waaaay too recessed to be useful. Lengthy pitches for Sony Ericsson, Xperia and WinMo make...

If another electronics-maker slaps a pink paint job and some floral prints onto one of its products and then tries to pass it off as a gadget for the fairer sex, this geeky girl is going to be pissed. Come on guys, use your heads a little to think outside...

A thoughtful, well-designed piece of hardware - it's not like LG just slapped some lipstick on a pre-existing handset and called it a "phone for the ladies." One Click access and fleet-footed internet connection look great on large, highly detailed screen...

Try touch-typing on that keypad - just try it - your text messages will look like Borat composed them. Fun Frames is the Jessica Simpson of photo editing tools.

The very name of the BlackBerry Bold hints of a whole new experience from Research In Motion, but the company is overselling things a bit. In truth, BlackBerry vets will find that the Bold is really nothing more than a solid - if long overdue - upgrade to...

3G at last! Excellent combination of smart design, performance and RIM's top-notch message handling. Even the camera shots look good.

Chrome trim job feels like a knockoff. Keys a little on the flat side. Cheesy pleather back. Unimpressive battery life.

An understated candy bar that geotags 3.2-MP pics, feasts on Wi-Fi and 3G, and captures 640 x 280-pixel video-for a price.

Brushed-silver finish fit for a Terminator. Smooth, improved keypad. 2-GB Memory Stick Micro included (phone holds up to 4 gigs). Vivid vid clips with crisp sound. Audio recorder. Decent earbuds (finally!). MusicDJ app lets you compose ringtones from your...

Won't take calls during "mass" USB file transfer. Proprietary headphone jack. No WiFi. Camera needs a flash (yesterday!). Tiny menu buttons can feel cramped.

Between the Youtube videos, fan sites, and ever-cranking rumormills, it's like we knew all about the first Googlephone before we ever got our mitts on one: a boatload of apps available through the Market, built-in Amazon music store, 3G, Wi-Fi, Google Map...

Fugly. Bulky. No 3.5mm headphone jack and no adapter that lets you plug your own buds into the HTC mini USB multi-port. T-Mobile's 3G network not as quick as AT&T's, and nowhere near as pervasive. We don't mean to whine about free stuff, but the inclu...

Access camera mode with a flick of the lens cover. Skinny, with curves in all the right places, the ZN5 is one of the most attractive cameraphones out there. Big, beautiful 2.4-inch screen. Backlit keypad is simple and elegant. Flip the phone sideways in...

Indexed zoom (4x) is clunky and makes noisy images downright deafening. Disappointing low light performance. 15 fps looks craptastic even on the ZN5's screen. WTF! Moto's still cramming the MicroSD card behind the battery.

No one knows how to polish a turd like Motorola. For proof, look no further than its latest iteration of the storied RAZR family, the VE20. While you wouldn't know it by glancing at the handset, it's actually been four years since the V3 began seducing ph...

Setting aside its pretensions as a multimedia phone for a moment, the VE20 does its job as a phone quite well. Call quality was impressive, and voices rang true even in noisy environs. Battery life was equally noteworthy, with more than 5 hours of talk ti...

Cloudy front screen makes the VE20 look like it suffers from a rare form of cell phone-based glaucoma. Half-hearted attempt at touch interface on the front screen feels gimmicky and is completely unnecessary. Dinky inner screen diminishes most (if not all...

Gunshots. Fist fights. Fleeing an exploding warehouse on a motorcycle. These are the things I imagine when hearing the word "adventure." Rugged phones from Motorola don't quite make that list. Nevertheless, Motorola has attempted the impossible with the s...

Sensible balance of utility and entertainment. Fantastic data speeds via EV-DO Rev A. 1,000 entry phone book stores multiple numbers per entry and postal addresses. 1.6in external LCD makes on-the-go media playback a breeze. Looks and handles like a sleek...

Modestly rugged at best. Push-To-Talk setup is convoluted and clunky. Muddy speakerphone audio at high volumes. Flimsy battery door flies off during impacts. Verizon OS cripples Bluetooth, video message length, and file sharing. Flashless cameras are the...

Look! Hardware that breaks - on purpose! Shattered warranties aside, the Z10's apparent bendy kick-slide design skews towards the flashy end of the spectrum, but hey, we're not shallow. We care about what's on the inside, too. But in the case of the Z10,...

30 fps vid clips don't look too shabby. Quick, easy uploading to YouTube and Shozu. Storyboarding was a cinch. Camera shortcut button, plus auto-focus, great for snapping pics on the fly. Easy-to-access external microSD card slot is ready for 32GB. TIRED...

2.2-inch screen isn't ideal for peeping videos. Only 3.2MP cam? (Tarantino wouldn't settle for less than 5MP). Only a measly 1GB microSD included. Nav and Symbian UIQ more difficult to penetrate than Fort Knox. Curved slider makes lower keypad buttons har...

Without exception, the best user interface of any phone. WiFi and zippy 3G network fetch websites faster than a Labrador on a sirloin. GPS with Google Maps integration beats many handheld navigators. Bright, beautiful, highly responsive touchscreen with e...

Battery drains juice faster than a toddler in the desert. AT&T's 3G network riddled with more holes than Krispy Kreme. Want to cut and paste? Bust out the scissors and glue. Plastic back highly susceptible to nicks and scratches. Still no MMS. Did we...