Motorola's in big need of a smashing success and Verizon needs to prop up its line of smartphones: is the Droid by Motorola the answer? Verizon's huge marketing campaign claims so, with the usual anti-iPhone rhetoric (which we could do without) and mysterious bites of the Droid's high end features. Indeed the Droid is a phone to be reckoned with and adds that special sauce to Verizon's recently much improved smartphone lineup. The Droid...
I love it! I don't get to say that very often, but the Sprint version of the HTC Hero really stands out as one of the best smartphones of 2009 and so it's won our Editor's Choice award. Google's Android itself is very compelling and both HTC and Sprint's customizations send it over the top. Thanks to the Hero, HTC Touch Pro2, BlackBerry Tour and Palm Pre, Sprint has the best smartphone lineup on the market among US carriers so far this...
Though the HTC Eris might not conjure up the visceral envy that the Greek goddess Eris was known for, it is a more than worthy partner for the Motorola Droid on Verizon. The Eris, or Droid Eris by HTC as Verizon calls it, offers better portability and more phone-like ergonomics than the pocket computer Moto Droid. If you crossed the HTC Touch with the HTC Hero, you'd have the Eris whose black soft touch finish and curved lines matches the...
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 excellent touch screen smartphone) can't seem to keep up with Apple's latest hotness. The iPhone 3GS looks and feels like the iPhone 3G, which Apple and AT&T are still selling but...
Sony Ericsson P800 Symbian OS GSM Smartphone.The Sony Ericsson P800 has been one of the most anticipated smartphones released in the past year. Why? It has a relatively large display, runs Symbian OS 7, supports GPRS, has Bluetooth and a VGA camera. If that isn't enough for you, it's one of the few Symbian phones that runs UIQ and has a touch screen that allows you to...