Holiday Gift Guide - Phones
Cell Phones
T-Mobile G2Coming two years after the T-Mobile G1, the T-Mobile G2 was worth the wait with its premium design, outstanding keyboard, and fast performance. It's also the first smartphone to support T-Mobile's HSPA+ network, which delivered impressive speeds.
$129-$189
HTC Evo 4GThe HTC Evo 4G has one of the biggest displays on a smartphone at 4.3 inches, so it's great for viewing photos, videos, and playing games. The phone's 8-megapixel camera takes excellent photos, and there's an HDMI port. Oh, and did we mention the kickstand?
$149.99 - $509.99
Motorola Droid XThe Motorola Droid X is a bit of a beast, but along with that you get a nice, luxurious screen that enhances the multimedia experience on the phone. The Droid X also comes with Blockbuster's On Demand app and DLNA support, so you can wirelessly share content from your phone with a compatible device, such as an HDTV.
$199
LG Vu PlusBuilt for Verizon Wireless, the LG Vu Plus has a capacitive touch-screen display, full messaging features, and a comfortable QWERTY keyboard. That would be enough by itself, but the Vu Plus also brings the multimedia with a 3-megapixel camera, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, and AT&T Mobile TV.
$0 - $339
LG Accolade VX5600If you want a phone for just communication, the LG Accolade VX5600 for Verizon Wireless definitely fits the bill. Call quality is great and its offers a user-friendly design with basic messaging. It's not the best camera phone, but you'll be too busy making calls to care.
$0 - $209
Samsung Rugby II SGH-A847The Samsung Rugby II for AT&T has a durable, comfortable design and a solid feature set. What's more, it builds on its predecessor by adding voice dialing and by performing better.
$0 - $49
Samsung FocusAT&T's Samsung Focus marks a very good start for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 OS. Granted, it is missing a few needed features, but the Focus performs well, and the improved browser and multimedia capabilities are more than welcome. And above all, it introduces another smartphone alternative to Android and the iPhone.
$199