AT&T F160 illustrates that point beautifully. Sure, as a simple midrange handset, it certainly isn't recommended for power texters or multimedia geeks and with its matte black appearance, it's far from showy.

What it does, however, is competently deliver on features and design with a light, slim, and comfortable body; a responsive keypad; good call quality; and useful usability touches. Best of all, the AT&T F160 is free with a two-year contract, making it an ever more valuable no-fuss phone for callers. The AT&T F160 costs $149.99 without a contract. For ZTE, which has produced several clunkers (like the maligned ZTE Agent), the F160 is a welcome step in the right direction.

ZTE's shadowy AT&T F160 is a nondescript, mostly matte black chassis with subtle design features--slightly rounded corners and a couple of silver accents. Like many ZTE phones, it's tall and lean--4.8 inches tall, 1.9 inches wide, and 0.4 inch thick. We can't think of many pockets or purses too shallow for its lanky profile. The F160 also is light, just a hair under 3 ounces, but without feeling wispy or fragile. Easy to grab up with a soft-touch backing, the F160 feels comfortable in the hand and on the ear.

The 2.4-inch screen seems a good size for the phone's thin face. Its 240x320-pixel QVGA resolution is standard, but with 262,000 colors, it also looks bright and colorful. Navigation is straightforward, with a grid menu that pops up when you press one soft key, and a very handy list of shortcuts for the camera, calling history, and so on that pops up with a press of the other soft key.

Settings let you change the wallpaper, backlight duration, and screen brightness, plus set a boot screen greeting. We just hope you're happy with the font style and size, because it doesn't appear that you can change them.

Below the screen are the two soft keys, the Send and End buttons, and the Clear and Shortcuts key. The latter makes it easy to toggle between screens, like your Menu and the Home screen. A four-directional navigation toggle also is present, along with its central select button. We had no complaints getting around.

The alphanumeric keypad buttons are wide and rather short; however, they're gratifyingly responsive and the domed centers make them easy to press and to dial by feel. Two multifunctional buttons preside over three tasks: locking the screen, turning the phone to vibrate mode, and changing the text mode. Sure, phones with full QWERTY keyboards are better for accomplished texters, but the F160's congenial keypad and easy automatic predictive texting make composition manageable.

As for the other external features, the spines hold the volume rocker, a camera shutter button and Micro-USB charging port, and a 3.5 millimeter headset jack. On the back is a 3-megapixel camera, and beneath the back cover is the microSD card slot that can take up to 8GB external memory. Unfortunately, it's only accessible once you've removed both the back cover and the battery.

Features
Despite the F160's unassuming look, it has more goodies than you'd anticipate, thanks in part to AT&T's bundled services. There's room in the F160's address book for 500 contacts, and each entry can host your contact's name, multiple phone numbers, multiple e-mail addresses, a street address, and a ringtone. Twelve ringtones come on the phone, but you can sub in your own via the microSD card, or buy ringtones in the AT&T store. Ringback tones, while a separate purchase through AT&T, are another option. Unfortunately, attaching a photo ID to your contact isn't--an odd omission for a camera phone.


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HTC will be well familiar with that tag having already rattled off the HD2, EVO 4G, and HD7 in a smartphone-dwarfing 4.3-inch form factor. And while that may not be the largest screen you can have your Android confectionery on today, it's arguably the upper limit of what we might consider a pocketable device. The HTC Desire HD follows, and seeks to improve upon, its laudable predecessors with an aluminum unibody construction, WVGA (800 x 480) display, 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash plus 720p video, and a modern 1GHz CPU. That hardware is put at the service of Android's latest Froyo offering, complemented with an updated Sense that includes a web interface for controlling and discovering your phone remotely. It's a rich spec sheet, that much is unquestionable, but you're not just here for tenuous wildlife-related metaphors, you want to know if the whole is equal to, or perhaps even more than, the sum of its parts. Join us after the break for a deeper look at the Desire HD.

It might in fact be fair to say that the Desire HD may be one of the more resilient flagship devices we've handled this year. That's helped by the understated matte styling, which doesn't look like it'll scratch too easily, and the relatively uncomplicated external design. What little deviations there are from simplicity -- such as the three plastic elements breaking up the plain aluminum back -- are made to accommodate functional elements of the phone rather than to spice up your life with unnecessary flamboyancy. Much like the HD7 we reviewed quite recently, the Desire HD also has very good ergonomics, both in the hand and in the pocket, which really makes you question why you'd ever consider a smartphone with a smaller screen; there's almost no negative to moving to the 4.3-inch size in terms of daily portability.

That is not to say that the Desire HD's design is without its flaws, however. While we appreciate having access to the microSD and SIM card slots, we're not such big fans of their shared cover, which is made of a brittle plastic and fails to sit flush with the aluminum back. Similarly worthy of our disapprobation was the side-mounted battery lid, which has better adherence to the overall curvature of the phone, but is pretty much a nightmare to both open and close. Trust us, we've had our trained lab monkeys going over this, it's a massive pain. Oh, and when you do finally manage to pop it open, the battery compartment offers no retention mechanism for the power cell, which just slides out. Right next to the battery slot is the volume button, and we call it a button because, unlike a rocker, it has almost no travel and it's amazingly hard to differentiate whether you're pressing the top, bottom, or the middle of it. We're actually rather befuddled as to how HTC managed to mess up something so basic and routine in a phone as the volume toggle this badly.

We were also disheartened by a couple of other issues, which are perhaps even more significant than the foregoing. Firstly, as mentioned above, the aluminum casing fails to perfectly align with all the other external elements of the phone it comes into contact with, which is most unpleasantly apparent at the front, where it frames the display. The trouble is that the aluminum sticks out about a millimeter in front of the screen, generating a ridge that your finger flicks against when performing swipes on the phone. What results both feels and sounds like flicking paper at the end of (almost) every screen-transitioning gesture. The problem is apparent on both sides of the display and it's also something we noted in our 7 Mozart review, so it doesn't seem as though we got a uniquely poor Desire HD unit, it's just a failure on HTC's part, whether at the design or manufacturing stage. The second big problem we have here is with the camera on the back, which sticks out from the rest of the body, but is not protected from bumps or scratches in any meaningful way. When laid on its back, the Desire HD rests directly on the lens itself, which anyone serious about photography would both cringe and curse at.

A prime reason as to why that battery runs down so fast is, of course, the inclusion of a jumbo 4.3-inch screen on the Desire HD. We said this with the HD7 and it bears repeating here: although the Desire HD has the same 800 x 480 screen resolution as the original Desire, the simple act of magnifying that resolution onto a larger display just makes operating the phone easier. Basically, you can fit just as much of Engadget on your Desire HD as on the Desire, but the text will be readable at a more zoomed-out level that on the 3.8-inch predecessor. Opinions will differ on this, naturally, as pixel density enthusiasts will decry being able to (or imagining they're able to) spot the bigger dots, but we'll take improved usability and reading room over mildly (if at all) degraded image quality any day of the week.

That sentiment can't be extended to screen technology, however, where the Desire -- whether in AMOLED or Super LCD form -- easily outdoes its HD counterpart. The Desire HD has a decent, but not altogether impressive LCD panel, which we're almost certain is identical to that found inside the HD7. To tell you the truth, unless you're a perfectionist or a purist when it comes to having the very latest screen tech in your device, you won't find yourself disappointed by this phone's display. It gets the job done for the vast majority of the time, though we might have appreciated it if HTC had put a less glossy coating on it -- you know, for the odd occasion when we step out of our underground lairs and into the sun.

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SAMSUNG Omnia is more than a phone. A simple touch gives you higher speed internet access - HSDPA 7.2Mbps, GPS Navigation, email and a Movie Player with up to 32GB* memory.There's even a 5 megapixel camera and video calling. And as if that's not enough, it comes loaded with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, giving you full use of MS Office at your fingertips.


professional 5MP auto focus camera
• Advanced smile shot and face detection
• Auto-panorama shot
• video recording with Power LED
• Business Card Reader
• Wide Dynamic Range
• Multi Scene mode
• Digital Image Stabilization
• Video Editor
premier pocket theater & superior storage
• 3.2" WQVGA TFT LCD display
• Multi-Cofec (DivX, Xvid, MP4)
• Contents sharing among devices with SAMSUNG DLNA Certified™ Solution
• internal 16GB and external memory up to 16GB
- 23 DVD-quality films,
- 8000 MP3 songs,
- -12000 5-megapixel images

Stay connected to friends, photos, news and more with a simple touch. A simple touch gives you higher speed internet access - HSDPA 7.2Mbps, GPS Navigation, email and a Movie Player with up to 32GB* memory.



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When we began our review of the BlackBerry Torch (aka the Bold 9800), our hearts were all aflutter. The leaked shots we'd been seeing of BlackBerry Torch 9800 review: The BlackBerry slider is a design gamble that has definitely paid off, adding an excellent touchscreen to the

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The standard color is black with elegant dark chrome accents, but a Royal Purple version will be available soon. The hinge feels pretty sturdy on this flip, and we like the brushed metal look of the battery cover. However, we found that the glossy front picked up fingerprints quickly.

here are typical BlackBerry buttons under the screen: Back, Call, End, and, Menu. In between the buttons is a responsive touchpad that provided smooth navigation and good accuracy. The left side of the phone has a micro USB/charging port and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The right side has a volume rocker and a convenience key that is pre-programmed as a dedicated camera button.

The Style's QWERTY keyboard is fairly responsive, with terraced keys for a better grip. Because the keys are so close together, we couldn't type as quickly as we could on the Curve 3G, but we achieved fairly good accuracy with minimal practice. The Style's keyboard is similar to that of AT&T's BlackBerry Torch 9800, which works fine but is a little flat. We also noticed that the backlight isn't very bright.

The Style's 2-inch 240 x 320 external display shows a clock and new messages as they appear. You can even scroll through previews of your new messages with the volume keys while the device is closed. Checking new messages without opening the phone came in handy often.

Inside, the Style has a 2.7-inch QVGA display with 400 x 360 resolution. We review lots of phones, and going from a 4.3- or 3.5-inch screen to a 2.7-inch screen is a big hit on screen real estate. With it, you get less room, but it suits the form factor. Normally, we'd complain about such a low resolution on a smart phone, but on a screen this small, the text and pictures aren't pixilated. While browsing the web, the Style's text looked clear and pictures had vibrant colors.

The Style runs BlackBerry 6 software, which includes several enhancements versus the previous version of the OS. For instance, you get multiple home screens that you can easily customize, universal search for finding everything from e-mails to apps, and a new notification window that makes it easy to see messages and calendar entries at a glance. There's also a nifty social feeds app that aggregates Facebook and Twitter updates.

The BlackBerry Torch was the first BB to run the OS, but that interface showed what you could do with a touch screen and a trackpad. Here it's all about the touchpad, and we're happy to report that it works really well. Using the trackpad to navigate through multiple home pages was smooth, and while we still think BlackBerry 6 looks a little aged with its many icons and menus, this is the best interface we've used on a non-touchscreen BlackBerry.

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The Bold also offers UMA support for Wi-Fi calls, a faster processor, and an updated OS. The only major downside of the smartphone, and one that plagues all BlackBerry devices, unfortunately, is the Web browser. It simply doesn't stand up to the competition in terms of ease of use or functionality. That said, if you're after a powerful messaging smartphone, the RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700 certainly has our vote of confidence. It offers more speed and features than T-Mobile's other BlackBerry offerings and gets the upper hand on the T-Mobile Dash 3G with its UMA support. As of press time, T-Mobile did not reveal a specific release date but said the Bold 9700 would be available in time for the holidays for $199.99 with a two-year contract.

RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700 looks nothing like its predecessor. Gone is the wide, masculine body, and in its place is a more svelte, compact smartphone that should fulfill RIM's hope of attracting both men and women, and consumers and professionals. At 4.29 inches tall by 2.36 inches wide by 0.56 inch thick and 4.3 ounces, the Bold 9700 is certainly more pocketable and is even smaller and lighter than the BlackBerry Tour. It feels solid in the hand and features a similar leatherette backing as the original Bold to give it a classy touch. In addition, the chrome edges and lines between the keyboard rows add to the handset's appeal.



The user interface is largely unchanged, though BlackBerry OS 5.0 brings some slight refinements. For example, the calendar has an easier to use system for creating new appointments with drop-down lists, and you can set your alarm clock using a spinning wheel.

Bold 9700 replaces the traditional trackball navigator with an optical trackpad. The move from trackball to trackpad is surprisingly easy, and we were impressed by its responsiveness (you can also adjust its sensitivity to your liking through the Options menu). Scrolling through lists and navigating menus feels smoother using the trackpad and you can select an item simply by pressing down. RIM plans to use the trackpad in all its future devices, and that's fine by us.

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The new BlackBerry Dakota cell phone has capacitive touch screen, the 3G mobile hotspot is nice. I want a 4″ wide screen and a slide-out physical keyboard and front facing camera. The BlackBerry Dakota details are floating around in town and it looks like it will be the roughly the same size as the original BlackBerry Bold 9000. As for all you AT&T and T-Mobile customers, be happy to know that the device will be completely GSM.

Just as you can see, the screen is small that measures 2.8-inch, but the display should be vivid and clear thanks to the high 640 x 480 resolution. Other features are likely to have BlackBerry OS 6.1, a 5MP camera with HD video recording (I think it may be unpleasant to review the recording on the small display), also NFC, 3G Mobile hotspot as well as 4GB of built in storage and 768MB of RAM.



Well that device was allegedly a touchscreen device along with a QWERTY keyboard but mussing a trackball/trackpad. The BlackBerry Dakota is proud to be rockin’ the touch screen, QWERTY keyboard, and trackpad all at the same time. The liquid lens is a new fluid lens camera technology that basically has no moving parts whatsoever inside. From what they say, it supposedly acts like a human eye as far as focusing and looking at objects.

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Verizon Wireless is currently testing a CDMA acclimation of the iPhone 4 and 5 and Verizon confirms they are authentic acclimation changes to accompany the iphone to their network. The new iPhone 5 is activity to be loaded with alarming new accomplishment like video blubbering on 3g and 4g (no best belted to WiFi only), face accepting and adroit downloading. (List of accessible accomplishment below). Aloft ashamed you advanced there is abolishment abroad to appear up with, added and added and added technology comes out. And it is on the rise, and not aloft at Apple, Inc!

This iPhone 5 will admission bifold aggregate processors and academy and able ablaze chips that can blade academy video resolutions and bigger "still" images ashamed demography pictures, AND it will accomplish multi-tasking a breeze.

There are a few networks breathing on architectonics a 4G network. T-mobile would be a able carrier ashamed they are GSM already. Sprint has a 4G acclimation already... AT&T and Verizon Wireless are in the alpha stages. There are talks of Verizon Wireless accepting iPhone age-old in 2010 but it looks like they will get it for connected in 2011 ashamed the new iPhone 5 comes out.

Whether or not it will be 4G will be up to them!... can they analysis in time? They will absolutely admission the 3G acclimation of iPhone, but with the new iPhone 5 (4g speeds) advancing out, will they compete?! Regardless, there is abounding anxiety on how abounding bodies will leave AT&T for Verizon Wireless because of AT&T's ashamed on app restrictions like Slingplayer and Google Voice and Skype (on 4g network, not Wi-Fi).

AT&T's restrictions admission acquired the allocation of bodies that are JailBreaking their iPhones to celerity ashamed Anteroom Breaking usually comes with Cydia which is the app affluence for anteroom admission phones. Most of the applications, ringtones, and affiliated iphone themes!...are chargeless with Cydia. Winterboard is allocation of the download, and it complete calmly add's the changes to your buzz so you dont admission to aggregate how to do it on your own...it is VERY automated.

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The GSM Curve models have slightly above average reception and good voice quality, and the CDMA Curves continue that trend. The reception in strong coverage areas is usually 4 bars (out of 5 bars max) and in spotty coverage areas is 1-3 bars. The Curve 8330 has not dropped a call on either Verizon or Sprint and voice call quality is quite good, and the built-in speakerphone is loud and clear. The BlackBerry Curve 8330 supports Hands free and Headset profiles via Bluetooth, and we tested several Bluetooth headsets including the Nokia BH-902 and the Plantronics Explorer 330. The voice quality was much clearer and louder on the Plantronics than on the Nokia. The DSP worked fine via both headsets and reduced most road noises except wind noise. The range wasn’t good: with the Plantronics Explorer 330 we got 5 feet and with the Nokia BH-902 we reached 8 feet. For voice dialing and voice command, the BlackBerry has VoiceSignal’s excellent VSuite 2.1 voice command software. Voice dialing worked very well without pre-recorded voice tags or voice training and also worked flawlessly over Bluetooth.

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