Best Smart Phones in Market

The Samsung H1 is a different kind of beast which, oddly enough, doesn’t appear destined to come stateside anytime soon. Not only is it centered around a specific service (the social-focused Vodafone 360), it’s running a seemingly-forgotten Linux Mobile at the core. At the heart of the phone is the free Vodafone 360 service, bringing [...]

The Samsung Omnia II i8000 has been one of the most hotly-anticipated releases of the year. Fortunately, the wait isn’t in vain – this is a terrific smartphone that’s easily one of the best Windows Mobile devices in the market. Physically, it sits on the bulkier side of the spectrum (0.52-inch thick). The extra size [...]

As one of the cheapest touchscreen phones in the market, the Nokia 5230 is hard to turn a blind eye to. More than bringing the large-screen and keypad-less virtues of touchscreens, though, it’s also a full-fledged smartphone, running Symbian S60 5th Edition. Physically, it resembles the 5800 XpressMusic (from the size to the shape to [...]

Want a phone that looks like an iPhone at a fraction of the price? Say hello to Chinese clones. Specifically this one, my hands-down favorite of the lot – the SciPhone I68 I9++ Mobile Phone. Can it run iPhone apps? Of course not. Can it browse the web in 3G? Nope, GSM only. Everything else, [...]

The Samsung Corby has easily proved to be one of the most successful entry-level touchscreen handsets aimed at younger users. With the new Samsung CorbyTXT B3210, the company is hoping to replicate the same results in an adjacent category: candybar messagers. Physically, the new handset sports that familiar Blackberry design with a screen on top [...]

The Samsung Lindy, just like the Corby before it, is a dirt-cheap touchscreen phone with similar youth-oriented looks and features. Why release another handset that looks curiously the same? Because this one comes with high-speed data access, courtesy of both 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity. Physically, it shares many things in common with the Corby – [...]

The HTC Tattoo has been the cheapest Android release so far, going for a price tag of around $300 unlocked. Taiwanese company Gigabyte will likely eclipse that in affordability when they do come out with their Android-powered GSmart, which is currently rumored for a February release in Russia. Most notable omission on this new smartphone [...]

Phones with names that give no indication about what they do are pretty commonplace. Such is not the case, however, with the Motorola Brute i680, a clamshell handset that’s every bit as rugged as its moniker implies. Physically, it’s impossible to mistake the Brute as anything but a durable device. The bulky chassis, industrial looks [...]

We already know Windows Mobile 7 is launching at MWC 2010 (February 15 to 18). What we’d really like to know, though, is if Microsoft is really following Google’s lead with the Nexus One. If you’re inclined to believe Spanish website Muy Computer, it’s “confirmed.” Hearsay and rumors are always fun, so we’ll bite. According [...]

LG just unveiled a new feature phone that touts a lighter, more compact frame than regular touch-based handsets. Called the LG Mini GD880, they bill it as “the smallest and slimmest 3.2-inch full touchscreen phone on the market today.” Physically, it resembles the similarly-compact LG Pop, with its general shape and textured accents. The button-free [...]