BlackBerry Curve 8520 Phone

Technical Details

* Access all your email and messaging as well as social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace; full QWERTY keyboard with touch-sensitive optical trackpad
* Wi-Fi connectivity for access to T-Mobile's HotSpot @Home unlimited calling service; unlimited calling to your five most called contacts with MyFaves
* 2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music; MicroSD memory expansion; digital audio player syncs with iTunes and Windows Media Player
* Up to 4.5 hours of talk time, up to 408 hours (17 days) of standby time
* What's in the Box: handset, battery, charger, 1 GB MicroSD card, wired stereo handsfree headset, USB cable, BlackBerry Desktop software, user manual

Amazon.com Product Description
The slim, affordable BlackBerry Curve 8520 for T-Mobile is perfect for those who need to be connected to work, friends and family while on the go. It provides easy mobile access to email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and popular social networking sites (including Facebook and MySpace) and features a highly tactile full-QWERTY keyboard for comfortable, accurate typing. It's compatible with T-Mobile's myFaves service for unlimited nationwide calling to your five favorite people, and it also offers Wi-Fi connectivity for access to the Internet and email as well as access to T-Mobile's Hotspot @Home service.

You'll be able to access BlackBerry App World to download applications from a broad and growing catalog of third-party mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry smartphones, including games, entertainment, social networking and sharing, news and weather, productivity and more. Other features include a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, 256 MB internal memory, microSD expansion up to 16 GB (a 1 GB card is included), quad-band GSM and EDGE connectivity, and up to 4.5 hours of talk time.

Wi-Fi-enabled and compatible with unlimited nationwide Wi-Fi calling with T-Mobile's Unlimited HotSpot Calling service (see larger image).
Phone Features
Designed to be efficient and convenient, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 introduces an innovative touch-sensitive optical trackpad, which makes scrolling and selection smooth and easy for a great navigation experience. Like a laptop, the trackpad lets you scroll through menus, icons and info by gliding your finger over it. Press and click to select an item and navigate to where you want to go. It's complemented by a 35-key backlit QWERTY keyboard.

It is also the first BlackBerry smartphone to feature dedicated media keys, smoothly integrated along the top of the handset, providing an easy, convenient way to control your music and video playback. Skip over songs, pause music to talk, or repeat your favorites over and over. You can even mute phone calls with the easy-access mute button. The phone also features a bright 2.6-inch color TFT screen that supports 65K colors and has a 320 x 240-pixel resolution. It has a 256 MB internal memory that can be expanded via optional microSD/SDHC memory cards up to 16 GB in size (a 1 GB card is included in the package.


Other features include:

* Mac compatibility with the upcoming release of BlackBerry Desktop Software for Mac, enabling you to sync contacts, calendars, and notes with applications you use most.
* 512 MHz next-generation processor for enhanced performance
* Voice dialing: Call someone with simple voice commands to keep your hands free for activities like driving.
* Media Keys: Play/Pause/Mute, Back, Forward
* Security: Password protection, keyboard lock, sleep mode
* 3.5mm headphone jack
* Ringtones: MP3 and 32-chord polyphonic
* Bluetooth version 2.0 with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), DUN (dial-up networking), SPP (serial port profile)

Vital Statistics
The BlackBerry Curve 8520 weighs 3.8 ounces and measures 2.4 x 4.3 x 0.5 inches. Its 1150 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4.5 hours of talk time, and up to 408 hours (17 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.

Samsung Impression A877 Phone

Technical Details

* 3G-powered smartphone with 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard; customizable and intuitive user interface
* Compatible with AT&T Navigator GPS, Video Share, AT&T Mobile Music, and streaming video from Cellular Video service
* 3-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music; MicroSD expansion (to 16 GB); digital audio/video player
* Up to 3 hours of talk time, up to 240 hours (10 days) of standby time
* What's in the Box: handset, battery, travel charger, user manual, quick start guide

Amazon.com Product Description
A great choice for those looking for the latest in multimedia and messaging, the Samsung Impression for AT&T offers one of the most crystal clear mobile phone viewing experiences thanks to its 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen. It's paired with a full QWERTY keyboard--great for composing long email messages and mobile blogging--which slides out from the side of the phone. Other features include a 3-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth connectivity for handsfree devices and stereo music streaming, MicroSD memory expansion (up to 16 GB), Samsung's intuitive and easily customizable TouchWiz user interface, digital audio player, access to personal email and instant messaging, and up to 3 hours of talk time.

The phone can quickly download video, music and more over AT&T's lightning quick HSPDA 3G network. Additionally, with AT&T's 3G network, you can listen to a conference call on a headset while sending and receiving e-mail attachments, picture messages or Web pages at the same time. This GPS-enabled phone can access the AT&T Navigator service for turn-by-turn directions as well as its Video Share serve, which enables you to send video of yourself to another compatible phone while making a voice call.

Phone Features
The Samsung Impression is one of the first phones to feature an AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) screen, and its 3.2-inch screen has a 240 x 400-pixel resolution and support for 262K colors. The AMOLED screen offers a brilliant, widescreen display with a higher resolution and lower power consumption than a standard TFT LCD. And the advanced touchscreen with vibration feedback makes accessing menu items with your fingerpad, a fingertip or a stylus extremely fast and easy.

For easy operation and navigation, the stylish Impression features three dedicated keys--call, end call and back--on the front of the device under the touch screen. The Impression also provides quick and easy access to a your favorite features through Samsung's innovative TouchWiz user interface, which has specially designed widgets to customize and personalize your phone. The quick and simple drag-and-drop feature provides instant access to your favorite functions, such as the clock, music player, instant messaging and photos.

Other features include:

* PC Studio Manager helps you transfer your favorite music, photos and videos between your phone and computer
* SMS text and MMS picture/video messaging
* Mobile Email--Yahoo!, AOL, AIM, Windows Live, AT&T Yahoo!, & BellSouth Accounts
* Instant Messaging--AIM, Windows Live, Yahoo! Messenger
* Organizer tools: Calendar, alarm, tasks, memo, calculator, converter, world clock
* Multilingual text display (English, French, Spanish); T9 predictive text entry for English and Spanish
* 72-note polyphonic music tones/MP3 ringtones
* Digital audio player with support for MP3 and AAC file formats
* Voice memo recorder
* Speakerphone with mute functions
* Bluetooth version 2.0 with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BPP (basic printing profile for text, email), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures)

Vital Statistics
The Samsung Impression weighs 5.3 ounces and measures 4.48 x 2.28 x 0.61 inches. Its 1000 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3 hours of talk time, and up to 240 hours (10 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as well as AT&T's HSDPA 3G network (850/1900 MHz).

BlackBerry Curve 8330 Phone, Silver

Technical Details

* Smallest, lightest BlackBerry with full QWERTY keyboard and packed with rich multimedia capabilities and services

* Fast 3G access using Verizon's EV-DO data network; GPS for VZ Navigator turn-by-turn direction service

* 2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth for handsfree devices and stereo music streaming; MicroSD expansion up to 8 GB

* Up to 4.3 hours of talk time, up to 264 hours (11 days) of standby time

* Includes: handset, battery, charger, USB cable, wired stereo headset, quick start guide, VZ Access Manager CD, Blackberry Pocket case

Amazon.com Product Description

Adding a fashionable touch to Research in Motion's formidable arsenal of telephonic, PIM, and media tools, the BlackBerry 8330 Curve for Verizon is also the smallest, lightest BlackBerry phone that includes a full QWERTY keyboard. This amalgam of the svelte BlackBerry Pearl and the more business-oriented 8800 combines RIM's long-valued corporate email and messaging platform with a host of advanced multimedia features, including a 2-megapixel camera and stereo Bluetooth (for listening to music via wireless headphones). It also offers GPS navigation capabilities for accessing the optional VZ Navigator turn-by-turn direction service.

Phone Features

The Curve 8330 is fashioned with subtly curving corners and chrome highlights. Measuring 4.2 x 2.4 inches, the Curve is just as slim as the Pearl (0.63 inches) and weighs in at 4 ounces. It features a bright 2.5-inch color TFT screen that provides 65,000 colors and a 320 x 240-pixel resolution, and it includes a light-sensing feature that automatically adjusts backlighting for indoor, outdoor and dark environments. Like the BlackBerry 8800, the Curve includes a trackball navigation system located on the top of the QWERTY keypad, and it also features an integrated spell checker with a customizable dictionary to help maintain accuracy while on the go. It has 96 MB of internal ROM memory, and is expandable using MicroSD/MicroSDHC memory cards (up to 8 GB in size).

Vital Statistics

The BlackBerry Curve 8330 weighs 4 ounces and measures 4.2 x 2.4 x 0.63 inches. Its 1150 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4.3 hours of talk time, and up to 264 hours (11 days) of digital standby time. It runs on the 800/1900 CDMA/EV-DO frequencies (not Rev. A Upgradeable).

PalmOne Treo 650

Product Features

* This unlocked cell phone is compatible with GSM carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile. Not all carrier features may be supported. It will not work with CDMA carriers like Verizon Wireless, Alltel and Sprint.
* Quad-band GSM cell phone compatible with 850/900/1800/1900 frequencies and GPRS/EDGE data capabilities
* Fully integrated phone and PDA with QWERTY keyboard; runs Palm OS and supports Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files
* VGA camera/camcorder; Bluetooth for handsfree devices; digital audio player; expansion via SD memory cards
* Up to 6 hours of digital talk time and 300 hours of standby time

Product Description

The Treo 650 smartphone from palmOne makes it easier than ever to stay connected. It simplifies your life by combining a compact mobile phone with email, an organizer, messaging, and web access. There's also Bluetooth technology so you can connect wirelessly to other Bluetooth devices. Not to mention an MP3 player, a digital camera that captures video, and a vibrant color screen that brings everything to life - all in a device that's still small enough to fit in your pocket. Seems like Treo smartphones just keep getting smarter.

Design

Under the hood, the Treo 650 features Palm OS 5.4, 32MB of RAM (23MB available for end user storage), and an Intel PXA270 312 MHz processor. The design retains the same popular form factor as the Treo 600 with a few subtle, yet significant, changes. The unit's screen has been dramatically enhanced to support 320 x 320 resolution and the full QWERTY keypad has been redesigned for greater ease of use. The top of the unit features an expansion card slot for SD and MMC-based memory and expansion cards. There's also an infrared port here for line of sight data transfers, as well as a handy switch for turning off the phone's ringer.

A five-way navigator controls most of the phone's menus and operating system functions, while quick application buttons on either side of the navigator get you to your favorite applications in a snap. The left side of the unit features a volume up/down toggle plus a handy user-customizable button that can be assigned to any phone or PDA function. The rear of the Treo 650 houses a loudspeaker, as well as the VGA (640x480) camera unit. A touchscreen stylus can be tucked away on the right side of the phone. Meanwhile, a combined charging, data, and accessory attachment port is housed on the bottom of the unit, as is a standard 2.5 mm stereo headset

PalmOne Treo 650 Unlocked PDA Phone with MP3/Video Player, SD/MMC--U.S. Version with Warranty (Silver)

Samsung EPIX i907 Phone, Black (AT&T)

Technical Details

* Tri-band 3G, GPS-enabled smartphone with Windows Mobile 6.1 for MS Office document editing and easy Outlook email and contacts
* Compatible with AT&T Navigator GPS, Video Share, AT&T Mobile Music, and streaming video from Cellular Video service
* Wi-Fi networking; 2-megapixel camera/camcorder; stereo Bluetooth streaming; MicroSD expansion to 32 GB; IM via AIM, Windows Live and Yahoo!
* Up to 7 hours of talk time, up to 336 hours (14 days) of standby time
* What's in the Box: handset, battery, travel charger, USB cable, 3.5mm headset adapter, user guide CD with desktop synch software, quick start guide

Amazon.com Product Description
While it doesn't carry forward its name, the slim, sleek Samsung Epix is the spirtual successor to the popular Blackjack smartphone series, and it adds innovative new features including and advanced touchscreen and new optical mouse technology. It also features a full QWERTY keyboard, integrated Wi-Fi networking and GPS for use of AT&T Navigator turn-by-turn directions, a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth for handsfree devices and stereo music streaming, MicroSD memory expansion, and a long battery life with up to 7 hours of talk time.

With the Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, the Samsung Epix supports Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager, which provides single-point access to line of business and corporate data such as applications, files and other information located on the corporate network. It also provides push email for immediate send and receive on Corporate Microsoft Exchange servers as well as editing of Microsoft Office documents.


Phone Features
The Samsng Epix makes it easy to navigate menus with its large 2.5-inch touchscreen (65K colors, 320 x 320-pixel resolution) that features haptic feedback when pressing buttons. It also includes the first-ever implementation of optical mouse technology on a phone sold in the U.S. Located in the center of the device between the right and left soft keys, the optical mouse allows for quick and easy navigation by simply sweeping a finger over it. To make a selection, a single click will bring you to your desired location within the phone's menus. The optical mouse can also be switched to a four-way navigation key for more traditional navigation.

Other features include:

* Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g)
* 2-megapixel camera with video capture, digital zoom, and multi-shot capabilities
* Multiple digital audio file format compatibility, including MP3, WAV, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WAV
* MicroSD/MicroSDHC memory expansion compatible with media up to 32 GB
* 624 MHz processor; 256 MB ROM / 150 MB RAM
* Email: Microsoft Direct Push, Good Mobile, IMAP4, POP3, Outlook
* Messaging: SMS, MMS, IM (Yahoo, AOL, MSN)
* HTML browser with RSS feeds
* Bluetooth version 2.0 with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BPP (basic printing profile for text, email), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), HID (support for mice or joysticks), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures), PAN (personal area networking), PBA (transfer contacts), SPP (serial port profile)