The Good: It’s small, stylish, and has a long battery life. It also has a crisp and clear screen and an external display so you can quickly tell who is calling without opening the phone. You can also send out text messages faster and easier with the phones built in T9 text prediction.
The Bad: However, as good as it all sounds; it’s a pretty basic phone. The phone is pretty slippery and could easily slip out your hand. The lack of Bluetooth and other methods of data transfer is quite disappointing.
The Bottom Line: If you’re in the market for a basic, no-hassle T-Mobile cell phone, the Samsung SGH-T209 is a good choice.
The Good: It’s a Blackberry and it’s shaped like a phone. They keypad is much larger than previous generations and as such much easier to type with. The screen is also visibly brighter that it’s predecessors.
The Bad: It’s not exactly cutting edge, it’s just a small upgrade from the 7100T. Also bothersome is the fact it can’t be utilized as a laptop modem, while most comparable phones include this feature.
The Bottom Line: This phone is much more an evolution than a revolution. When comparing the 7105T and 7100T the 7100T will probably serve you fine and may be available at a substantial savings.
The Good: The Samsung T619 is a beautifully sleek and versatile phone. It has a wonderful Mp3 player which offers fair music quality. The phone also has a nice 1.3 megapixel camera which is fine for everyday picture taking. You can also utilize the phone as your personal digital assistant and can sync data with your personal computer.
The Bad: The sound of the speaker is quite soft for an mp3 player. Although you can sync data with your computer it has no USB cable. Also, while the phone is aesthetically beautifully designed it is not very comfortable in your hand. It’s also unfortunate that it has no expansion slot that to accommodate more data.
The Bottom Line: It’s a fairly mediocre phone that’s good for basic users. It’s not as feature packed as the N95 but it will definitely satisfy most users looking for a phone that can do more than call and text.
The Good: The RIM BlackBerry Pearl is the first BlackBerry to offer a 1.3-megapixel camera, music and video playback, expandable memory, and a mapping application. The supersleek phone also continues to offer superior push e-mail capabilities, EDGE support, and Bluetooth.
The Bad: The RIM BlackBerry Pearl’s microSD slot is inconveniently located behind the battery, and call quality was subpar in our tests. We also wish there were external controls for the music player and integrated Wi-Fi.
The Bottom Line: Though nothing revolutionary, the addition of multimedia features and the already solid e-mail capabilities make the RIM BlackBerry Pearl an attractive device for business users and consumers alike.
