My Phone is Smarter Than Yours
A multifunctional smartphone will take you one step closer to a freer, wireless you.
Smartphone (smärtfohn) Noun. A class of mobile phones that provides capabilities beyond a regular feature phone. It runs complete operating system software and proves digital voice service as well as any combination of e-mail, text messaging and voice recognition features.
Nokia N93
Dimensions: 118x56x28mm
Weight: 180g
Display: 320x240px, 256K colors
Operating System: Symbian OS 9.1, S60 3rd Edition
Camera: 3.15 Megapixels, 3x optical zoom, Carl Zeiss optics, video
Battery: 5 hours of talk time
Price: $6,688
Rant: The phone is extremely heavy for its size and will not fit beside your keys in your pocket.
Rave: Although the camera abilities of the phone aren’t that much better than any other smartphone’s, it’s video capabilities are surprisingly good. Attaching the phone to a TV to watch your videos is also a simple and painless process.
Blackberry Pearl 8100
Dimensions: 107x51x14mm
Weight: 90g
Display: 240x260px, 65K colors
Operating System: Blackberry OS
Camera: 1.3 Megapixels, flash
Battery: 3.5 hours of talk time
Price: $3,280
Rant: Surprisingly, the blackberry doesn’t support 3G so those who like to see who they are talking to will be disappointed. There is also no video capability.
Rave: It’s the sleekest and sexiest of the smartphones. It’s dual-key QWERTY keypad isn’t too bad either.
Palm Treo 750V
Dimensions: 111x58x22mm
Weight: 154g
Display: 240x240px, 65K colors
Operating System: Windows Mobile 5.2 Pocket PC Phone edition
Camera: 1.3 Megapixels
Battery: 4.5 hours talk time
Price: $5,980
Rant: It’s a bit on the chunky side and the design isn’t too stunning.
Rave: The Treo 750V is a rock-solid phone with a strong list of specs. You can also use Treo as a wireless modem to extend 3G speeds to your laptop.