Large
AMOLED touchscreen, WiFi/aGPS/FM Radio,
5MP Camera w/ Flash, 8GB storage, TouchWiz
interface, Accelerometer, 3.5mm headset jack,
Windows Mobile 6.5

No keyboard, no hardware navigation keys

Overall Take:

The Samsung Omnia II is the successor to the
extremely popular original Omnia. It’s got
upgraded hardware and software all around.
Though the wait has been long, this device is
sure to be well recieved. Come December 2nd it can be had for $199.99 on a 2-year contract.

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Best hardware keyboard ever (slide out), tilting screen, attractive design,
excellent conference calling software,
impressive speakerphone with noise reduction, large touchscreen,
stereo speakers, WiFi/aGPS/FM Radio,
proximity sensor, accelerometer, stylus sensor,
TV-out, 3.5mm headset jack

No hardware key navigation buttons, very large form factor, ships with
Windows Mobile 6.1

Overall Take:

The
Verizon version of the HTC Touch Pro 2 seems to
sell out quite often and with good reason.
Combining this year’s most capable smartphone
with the US’s largest mobile phone network is
certainly going to make for a big win especially
with business users. Right now it can be had for $199.99 on a 2-year contract.

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FLOTV wireless TV, antenna that doubles as a
stand, large touchscreen, Newer TouchFLO 3D with
location-aware weather, WiFi/aGPS/FM Radio,
5MP Camera, accelerometer, stylus sensor, 3.5mm
headset jack, and Windows Mobile 6.5

No hardware key navigation buttons, no hardware
keyboard, a bit thick

Overall Take:

The
Verizon Imagio is a highly capable black-slab
device with FLO TV based Vcast television
capabilities. This is something that has never
been done before, however it naturally costs
extra to use. The large 3.6" touch screen is
great for watching movies. Right now it can be had for $199.99 on a 2-year contract.

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Thumb keyboard, good one-handed usability, good battery life,
can be controlled entirely with tactile hardware
buttons, straight grid keyboard layout

Screen resolution is low, no touchscreen, Windows Mobile 6.1
Standard Edition, small screen

Overall Take:

The
HTC Ozone is based on HTC’s Snap platform. It’s
a thumb QWERTY-bar keyboard style device with
great portability and one-handed use due to its
easy-to-feel hardware buttons. The small screen
makes the video/multimedia experience less than
ideal. Right now it can be had for $49.99 on a 2-year contract.

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Thin,
beautiful touch screen phone, capacitive
hardware navigation panel.  

Not much memory, old version of TouchFLO 3D, old
version of IE doesn’t support Flash, Windows Mobile 6.1

Overall Take:

The
HTC Diamond on Verizon is an older device, and
took its sweet time coming to the carrier. It
remains the smallest touch screen phone around
however and is very nicely pocketable. Right now it can be had for $49.99 on a 2-year contract.

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Sleek design, thin, lightweight, optical mouse, large touchscreen, 8GB internal memory, WiFi/aGPS/FM Radio, good performance, good battery life, widget interface, 5.0MP autofocus camera with flash, great browser, accelerometer

No built in stylus, screen resolution is low, no hardware keyboard,
dated, no Flash support

Overall Take:

The Omnia on Verizon is
still around despite being available for over a
year. It’s still a great device for those who want an iPhone-like form factor with the power of Windows Mobile. It does a great job with multimedia and has plenty of built-in storage, has a terrific camera, utilizes a widget-based interface, and does automatic screen rotation in any screen. Right now it can be had for $14.99 on a 2-year contract.

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Sleek design, thin, hardware keyboard, optical mouse, touchscreen, world-phone capable, good one-handed usability, WiFi/aGPS, great browser

Use of powder blue may deter some, smallish screen, camera only 2.0MP and doesn’t have flash,
Windows Mobile 6.1

Overall Take:

The Saga on Verizon, which is the CDMA version of the Samsung SGH-i780, is a good choice for those that prefer a candy-bar style QWERTY keyboard device that provides excellent one-handed usability. Right now it can be had for $99.99 on a 2-year contract.

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Best hardware keyboard ever (slide out), tilting screen, attractive design,
excellent conference calling software,
impressive speakerphone with noise reduction, large touchscreen,
stereo speakers, WiFi/aGPS/FM Radio,
proximity sensor, accelerometer, stylus sensor,
TV-out, T-Mobile 3G

No hardware key navigation buttons, very large form factor, ships with
Windows Mobile 6.1 instead of 6.5, no 3.5mm headset
jack, T-Mobile’s 3G network is not as expansive as others

Overall Take:

The
T-Mobile version of the HTC Touch Pro 2 was the
first to go on sale in North America.
Oddly it cripples the conference calling feature
to only 2 other people, but this can be fixed by
editing the registry. The brown color may also
be a turn-off to some and the non-designed
dark-blue TouchFLO 3D theme clashes with the
device’s hardware color. Right now it can be had for $349.99
or Free on a 2-year contract.

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Sleek design, thin, great keyboard, good one-handed usability, durable, Wifi,
3G, GPS, trackball navigation, offset-grid
keyboard layout

Screen resolution is low, no touchs screen, Windows Mobile 6.1, small screen.

Overall Take:

The T-Mobile Dash is an older device but continues to be a favorite among those looking for a good phone with messaging capabilities and a fantastic hardware keyboard, plus slick form factor. The Dash can be had for $99.99
or Free with a 2-year contract.

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Sleek design, slide-down SureType keyboard, innovative "Neo" carousel interface, WiFi, great price

Lacks GPS, camera has no flash, basic browser, no 3G,
Windows Mobile 6.1 not 6.5

Overall Take:

The T-Mobile Shadow
2009 is an older device and has lost some steam
since the original Shadow’s release due to its
lack of 3G capabilities. However, the Shadow is
still one of the best one-handed-use phones due
to its Compact-Qwerty SureType style slide out
keyboard and easy to feel hardware navigation
buttons. The site AllShadow.com has become a resource for Shadow users that want to tweak and modify their device. A Shadow can be had for just $29.99 on a 2-year agreement

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Touch screen & QWERTY thumboard, AMOLED screen, WiFi, Windows Mobile 6.5

No softkey hardware buttons, QVGA resolution
small screen.

Overall Take:

HP is finally back to offering Windows Phones in
North America. Come December it can be had for $180.00
on a 2-year contract.

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coming soon

Best hardware keyboard ever (slide out), tilting screen, attractive design,
excellent conference calling software,
impressive speakerphone with noise reduction, large touchscreen,
stereo speakers, WiFi/aGPS/FM Radio,
proximity sensor, accelerometer, stylus sensor,
TV-out, ATT 3G, ships with Windows Mobile 6.5

No hardware key navigation buttons, very large form factor, no 3.5mm headset
jack

Overall Take:

The
AT&T version of the HTC Touch Pro 2 is most like
HTC’s European version with its silver bezel.
While the other versions of the Touch Pro 2 are
expected to recieve Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrades,
the AT&T versions ships with it. The blue Touch
Flo 3D theme is also very attractive. Right now it can be had for $299.99
on a 2-year contract.

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Sstereo speakers, WiFi/aGPS/FM Radio,
accelerometer, stylus sensor, ATT 3G, 5MP
camera, full day constant-use battery life,
ships with Windows Mobile 6.5

Few hardware key navigation buttons, no hardware
keyboard, smallish screen, no 3.5mm headset
jack

Overall Take:

The
AT&T Pure is AT&T’s version of the HTC Diamond
2. It includes all of the usual suspects that
you’d expect to have in a smartphone, but
doesn’t really offer anything more. There’s
nothing that makes the Pure stand out as
something special. Right now it can be had for
$199.99
on a 2-year contract..

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Large keyboard, Blackberry-like design, aGPS/WiFi/3G, good one-handed usability,
Upgradable to Windows Mobile 6.5.

Small screen, camera lacks a flash, a bit thicker
than other QWERTY-board devices

Overall Take:

The
Jack is Samsung’s latest upgrade to the very
popular BlackJack line of Windows Mobile Standard
edition QWERTY Thumboard style devices. The Jack
has all the usual suspects for smartphones these
days and is essentially AT&T’s competitor to the
HTC Snap platform available on other carriers.
Unlike the previous BlackJack 2, the Jack only
comes in one color. Right now it can be had for $79.99 on a 2-year contract.

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Vertical sliding keyboard, good one-handed usability, good battery life,
square 320×320 pixels screen, aGPS/3G/WiFi

Windows Mobile 6.1 not 6.5 (non upgradable), basic browser,
stability issues, joystick-like D-pad

Overall Take:

The
Samsung Propel Pro is the more-powerful smartphone
version of the Samsung Propel which also has a
slide-out Qwerty keyboard. The formfactor is
unique amoung smartphones and the keyboard is said
to be quite fantastic. Right now it can be had for $79.99 on a 2-year contract.

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Best hardware keyboard ever (slide out), tilting screen, attractive design,
excellent conference calling software,
impressive speakerphone with noise reduction, large touchscreen,
stereo speakers, WiFi/aGPS/FM Radio,
proximity sensor, accelerometer, stylus sensor,
TV-out, 3.5mm headset jack

No hardware key navigation buttons, very large form factor, ships with
Windows Mobile 6.1.

Overall Take:

This
is the Sprint version of the HTC Touch Pro 2.
Sprint’s version is very similar to the Verizon
version which includes the CDMA radio as well as
a 3.5mm headset jack. Right now it can be had for $349.99 on a 2-year contract.

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Thumb keyboard, one-handed usability, good battery life,
can be controlled entirely with tactile hardware
buttons, offset grid keyboard layout.

Screen resolution is low, Windows Mobile 6.1
Standard Edition, small screen.

Overall Take:

The
Sprint version of the HTC Snap replaces the
trackball navigation with a more traditional
hardware directional pad. It’s
a thumb QWERTY-bar keyboard style device with
great portability and one-handed use due to its
easy-to-feel hardware buttons. The small screen
makes the video/multimedia experience less than
ideal and the offset keyboard layout might take
some getting used to. Right now it can be had for $99.99 on a 2-year contract.

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Touch screen and hardware key navigation, QWERTY
thumb keyboard, one-handed usability, WiFi, aGPS,
Windows Mobile 6.5

Flat D-pad hardware buttons, smallish screen

Overall Take:

The Samsung
Intrepid looks like your average thumb keyboard
Qwerty-bar device, but it actually also has a
touch screen and runs Windows Mobile 6.5
Professional. If you’re looking for both touch
screen capabilities and a Qwerty-bar form
factor, this could be the best of both worlds. Right now it can be had for $149.99 on a 2-year contract.

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Nice feel in-hand, solid performance, good one-handed usability, WiFi, aGPS,
first smartphone with built-in Flash support

Shiny finger-print magnet, no hardware buttons
for softkeys, small rubbery keyboard, Windows
Mobile 6.1 not 6.5, Can’t be shut down
completely

Overall Take:

The Sprint Treo
Pro is probably the last Windows Mobile device
that Palm will produce. That’s a shame because
it’s a fantastic device. This may be a
collector’s item someday. Right now it can be had for $149.99 on a 2-year contract.

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Sleek design, thin, high resolution VGA screen, WiFi/FM Radio/aGPS, TouchFLO 3D interface, good 3.2MP autofocus camera, great browser, accelerometer

Pricey, lack of programmable hardware buttons

Overall Take:

The Sprint HTC Touch Diamond is slightly changed from the original Touch Diamond, which is now a benchmark Windows Mobile phone. In combines terrific styling and robust power, which should satisfy the most demanding power user. The lack of programmable hardware buttons and keyboard may makes it not the ideal business device. Right now it can be had for $199.99 on a 2-year contract.

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Full slide-out keyboard, high resolution VGA screen, WiFi/FM Radio/aGPS, TouchFLO 3D interface, good 3.2MP autofocus camera, great browser, accelerometer,
TV-out

Bulky, pricey,
no tilt screen

Overall Take:

The Touch Pro on Sprint is
the older version of the Touch Pro 2. This is a
decent phone for the multimedia user, but it
lacks the tilting WVGA screen and fantastic
keyboard of its newer big brother. Right now it can be had for $299.99 on a 2-year contract.

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