Editorial Review

Handspring has always helped push the boundaries of PDAs that run the Palm operating system. They were the first to offer USB connectivity to the PC and created the Springboard expansion slot for adding modules such as a digital camera or a GPS receiver. With the Treo 180, Handspring has developed a communications device coupled with a powerful computing platform that just might be the perfect PDA. Read more

Features

• Combines a GSM mobile phone with a 16 MB Palm OS organizer
• Full integration with PhoneBook allows direct dial from contact list
• Send and receive e-mail and access the Web wirelessly with easy-to-use keyboard
• Synchronize data with your PC or Mac in seconds with USB connection
• Includes travel charger, stylus, and hands-free headset

Editorial Review

It's no secret: we love Touchpoint phones, and the new Touchpoint TP5200 is no exception. In fact, given its features,style, and form, it may be our current favorite. Read more

Features

• External electro-luminescent display screen
• Silver and blue casing
• Web enabled
• Text-messaging capability
• Up to 2.5 hours digital talk time, 135 hours digital standby time; includes lithium-ion battery and desktop charger

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Features

• Send and receive text messages
• Web enabled
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• Voice-recognition software
• Rated for up to 200 minutes' digital talk time, 3 days' digital standby time; includes headset, charger, and holster

Editorial Review

The Nokia 5165 is a classic handset offered by TracFone, a leading national prepaid service provider. The 5165, matchedwith TracFone's simple and hassle-free service, is a convenient way to own a cell phone without contracts, credit checks,security deposits, monthly bills, or age restrictions. Read more

Features

• Candybar-style digital prepaid phone
• Simple-to-use navigation buttons and graphical screens
• Large 5-line screen
• Changeable faceplates allow personalization
• Up to 180 minutes of talk time and 200 hours of digital standby time; includes charger, 10 free minutes upon activation, and $100 bonus airtime offer

Reviews (3)

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My tracfone has good reception. i like that it has free call waiting and free caller id. if you haven't activated your tracfone yet then the 'refer a friend program' will give each of us 120 free minutes. please send me an email and i will send you a fast referral( i check my email often). it's a win/win! thank you.

Tracfone.
Tracfones are ideal for people with light or medium cellphone
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My tracfone has worked out good so far. Customer service is fine and the free voicemail was easy to set up and use. If you decide to get a tracfone, please email me for a quick referral before activating it- we each will get 120 free minutes from the 'refer a friend' program. I'll also send you the simple instructions to follow. I've used Tracfone for quite a while, so i should be able to answer any questions you might have.
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Editorial Review

The new Samsung N-200 from Sprint PCS, with its metallic-blue flip case and streamlined keypad, is a morefuturistic-looking version of their popular SCH-3500 phone. Essentially, the N-200 is a highly stylizeddual-band/dual-mode CDMA phone that features voice-activated dialing, SMS support, and a minibrowser chock full of entertainmentand messaging folders. If you're a first-time buyer looking for an attractive, savvy Web phone or are tired of thatbasic black model you've owned for a while, you'll want to read on. Read more

Features

• Metallic-blue flip casing
• Web enabled
• Voice-activated dialing
• Up to 130 hours' digital standby time and 150 minutes' digital talk time
• Includes lithium-ion battery, desktop charger, and wrist strap

Editorial Review

Sprint PCS has just introduced the Sanyo SCP-4700, the follow-up to the top-selling SCP-4500.And just like the 4500, the Sanyo 4700 is one of the best phones we have encountered. The polished, well-designed4700 has plenty of features, including voice-activated dialing and a voice-memo recorder, that aren't available in other premium phone models. Read more

Features

• Web enabled
• Voice-activated dialing
• Voice-memo recorder
• Full set of PIM (personal information management) functions
• Up to 4 hours of talk time and 288 hours of digital standby time; includes lithium-ion battery and charger

Reviews (1)

Great phone for 7 Years - no problems!
This was my first cell phone ever and still lives in the pocket of my carpenter jeans every day.Its larger than most cell phone but that is what is great about it - it has some weight and length so it feels right on your shoulder with no hands, and it has a nice grip.I've dropped the phone over a dozen phones and it has never broken - its awesome. The speaker phone has base and clarity - unlike the tinny sound of most other speaker phones I have tried.I keep with this phone after looking at others in Sprint stores.
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Editorial Review

The Kyocera QCP-3035 is an inexpensive Web-enabled phone with all the basic ingredients for everyday use. It also includes some treats, like voice-activated features, a scheduler, and 25 different ring tones. We carried thistrimode CDMA phone around for weeks and recommend it for both business and personal needs, despite its tricky navigational button. Read more

Features

• Worldwide phone
• Blazing Internet-connection speeds
• Voice-activated dialing
• Up to 260 minutes' digital talk time, 135 hours' digital standby time
• Includes lithium-ion battery, charger, and headset

Editorial Review

The Nokia 5180i is a handset offered by TracFone, a leading national prepaid service provider. The 5180i, matchedwith TracFone's simple and hassle-free service, is a convenient way to own a cell phone without contracts, credit checks,security deposits, monthly bills, or age restrictions. Read more

Features

• Phone comes with 10 free minutes upon activation, $100 bonus airtime offer, headset, battery, and charger
• Simple-to-use navigation buttons and graphical screens
• Large 5-line screen
• Changeable faceplates allow personalization
• Up to 180 minutes of talk time and 200 hours of digital standby time

Reviews (30)

info.
My tracfone has good reception. i like that it has free call waiting and free caller id. if you haven't activated your tracfone yet then the 'refer a friend program' will give each of us 120 free minutes. please send me an email and i will send you a fast referral( i check my email often). it's a win/win! thank you.

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My tracfone has worked out good so far. Customer service is fine and the free voicemail was easy to set up and use. If you decide to get a tracfone, please email me for a quick referral before activating it- we each will get 120 free minutes from the 'refer a friend' program. I'll also send you the simple instructions to follow. I've used Tracfone for quite a while, so i should be able to answer any questions you might have.
review.
My tracfone has worked out good so far. Customer service is fine and the free voicemail was easy to set up and use. If you decide to get a tracfone, please email me for a quick referral before activating it- we each will get 120 free minutes from the 'refer a friend' program. I'll also send you the simple instructions to follow. I've used Tracfone for quite a while, so i should be able to answer any questions you might have.
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Editorial Review

With a speakerphone, email and text messaging support, as well as support for Nextel's wireless web services, the i90c is the perfect companion. And of course, it supports Nextel's legendary Direct Connect walkie-talkie functions so you can connect with people in your work and personal network at the push of a button.Read more

Features

• Voice-activated dialing
• Speakerphone function for hands-free calling
• Includes Java-powered applications
• Wireless web enabled
• Includes 750mAh lithium-ion battery, travel charger and holster belt clip

Reviews (141)

Nextel is most expensive service with the worst reception/service
Nextel has bad reception in Northeast USA. Not sure about the rest of the country. Also, Nextel has the highest price among all the other service providers. They add $24 additional surcharges and hidden cost on top of you monthly fee. Other carrier have approximately $10 additional charge. Nextel charge you more and you get less. Also, they have poor customer service with no compensation for you dropped calls or no service at all.

WARNING
My problems with nextel did not stop when I canceled my service. I will get to the problems with the service. When I went to get a new phone a day before my contract expired, I of course wanted to keep my number. So as I went to get my Cingular phone (highly recommended), I had the old number switched to my new number. Today, I get in the mail my nextel statement for the month with a $200 early termination even though I had not canceled my service, but had simply got a new phone and switched my number over. This was on icing on the cake after 2 years of absolutely amazingy bad service from nextel. In my town, not a small town by any means, there are very few places that have any service. In the largest subdivision, you cannot get service anywhere. I constantly get comments from people trying to reach me that get the classic nextel line...Please hold while the nextel subscriber you are trying to reach is located. Most of the time I would not even recieve incoming calls, calls would go straight to my voice mail. Not only would I not get the calls, but often I would not even get the voice mails until days or even weeks later. When I did actually take calls (and call out), I cannot count the number of times I've had my call dropped. I recieved so many different error messages sometimes I wonder if they just spend all their time at nextel thinking of different error messages to program into their phones. That brings me to the selling point of nextel, the famed and well-loved direct connect feature. This is an absolute joke. Direct connect only works MAYBE half the time I tried to use it. Even then, in the middle of the conversation I would be greeted by the loud beep of my phone telling me I wont be talking to that person anymore. Of course, I would expect nothing less from the nextel network. Text messaging with nextel is next to impossible. If it did not take hours to send or recieve a message, it took days, or maybe didn't even come at all. The internet access was fine, it the rare instance that it worked. Of course, when you don't have service, you don't get the internet access either. I was constantly getting the message "network not available". Calling and trying to complain to nextel is futile. Trying to get through to customer service takes forever and once you get through they do nothing. My experience with nextel has been nothing short of a disaster and I write this trying to warn anyone considering nextel. Stick with Verizon or Cingular and you will be much happier in the end. Don't make the same mistake I did.

Owned them all
I have been with nextel for the last 10 years and i have owned every phone they have ever released from the IDEN to the I860 and the phone that I had the least amount of problems with is the I90. Great phone I miss it alot. ... Read more

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Editorial Review

The Motorola V120 Tarpon exemplifies the new direction Motorola has taken with regard to design. Motorola has completelyreinvented their keypad layout and menu navigation. Plus, they've packed the phone with useful and fun features like an FMradio, voice recorder, and a changeable faceplate. We enjoyed its function and form while testing, and predict it willbecome quite popular. Read more

Features

• Revamped design and navigation
• Web enabled
• Voice-activated features
• Built-in FM radio
• Up to 4 hours' digital talk time

Editorial Review

The Audiovox CDM-9100 from Sprint PCS has great features at an attractive price. It's currently the only handsetfrom Audiovox that Sprint is offering, although that may change soon. The 9100 has many upper-end features thatsimilarly priced handsets don't offer, and in an attractive package to boot. Read more

Features

• Built-in speakerphone
• Web enabled
• Supports voice-activated dialing
• Up to 170 minutes' digital talk time; 170 hours' digital standby time
• Includes lithium-ion battery and travel charger

Editorial Review

If you liked the Samsung A400, you’ll love the A460. With the A460, Samsung has kept all the great attributes of the A400 while adding a few polishes that make the A460 one of the sleekest phones on the market. Like it’s predecessor, it’s packed with easy-to-use features, such as voice-activated calling and one-touch Web access. It also retains the elegant two-tone silver finish. But it’s both lighter and more compact and includes an outside LCD screen, which allows you to see the time, date, and battery life without opening the phone. Read more

Features

• External display shows incoming call phone numbers
• Compact design with slim profile
• Large screen displays up to 8 lines of text, 4 shades of grayscale
• Supports downloadable ringers, images, and wallpapers
• Full width keypad supports larger buttons, allows easy operation

Reviews (14)

Elegant
This phone, despite all its problems, is by far my favorite cell phone ever. No, it doesn't have a camera. Yes, I too had trouble with the screen dying after 2 years (just as I was switching services, fortunately). So I wouldn't go buying one used.
If your display dies...
Very common for the display screens (internal and external) on these phone to die after a year or two. Mine died after 2.5 years...BUT, I went into the LA Sprint Phone Store and they said, "this is a known problem" and replaced it on the spot for free with another one (factory reconditioned) and transferred the phone book entries. I did NOT have an extended contract. Pretty cool.

User Friendly
This is a super user friendly phone.If all you want to do is make and receive calls this is a good phone for you.Here are some pros: