Top Best Smartphone Countdown: T-Mobile G2, Samsung Captivate & LG Optimus T, 8th

There were so many great smartphones released in 2010 that getting all the reviewers to agree on the top best smartphones is difficult.? We reviewed? PCMag, PCWorld, Consumer Reports, ZDNet, Top 10 Reviews and Laptop.? Two smartphones in 8th place are sold by T-Mobile.? One has the cheapest price we've seen for any Android 2.2 smartphone launched from a carrier and is now free.? Another is a Samsung Galaxy S phone.

Eighth Place in Wireless and Mobile News' Top Ten Best Smartphones Review of Reviews is a three-way tie.

T-Mobile G2, T-Mobile - this smartphone has an excellent QWERTY keyboard, speed and features.? Reviewers loved Android 2.2, the great call quality and fast data speeds.? It sells for $199 with a contract from T-Mobile and is discounted form Amazon Wireless.

Samsung Captivate, AT&T - reviewers all agreed that the Captivate captivates and called it the best Android smartphone at AT&T in August.? It has been available for one cent from Amazon Wireless and highly discounted with free activation from Wirefly.

LG Optimus T, T-Mobile - Free with the T-Mobile web-only discount.? This budget-minded smartphone has been highly rated for first-time smartphone buyers.

Countdown Articles:
Top Ten Best Smartphones Countdown - Top Maker, OS & #10.
Top Ten Best Smartphones Countdown - Top Carriers and 4-Way Tie in 9th Place.

Many of the top phones were named in Wireless and Mobile News' Review of Reviews Top Ten Best Android an' Droid Phones Now an' Later.

This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php
Five Filters featured site: So, Why is Wikileaks a Good Thing Again?.

View the original article here

iPhone, Droid X, EVO 4G, Samsung Captivate & Vibrant Top PCMag's Picks

In our final round-up of the top ten coolest best smartphones of 2010, we reviewed Sascha Segan's choices at PCMag.? Previously, we looked at the top best lists from PCWorld, Consumer Reports, ZDNet, Top 10 Reviews and Laptop.

Segan's picks can be summarized as a mix of the top models of iPhone, Droid, Samsung Galaxy S, BlackBerry and the now defunct Windows Mobile.

Here's PCMag's Top Ten Best Smartphones:

• iPhone 4 (Rated 4.5) AT&T - reviewers called it "the best iPhone, yet or ever," and slightly ahead of the superphone pack.?
• Droid X (Rated 4.5) Verizon - called excellent and one of the hottest phones of the summer.? The 4.3-inch (WVGA 854 x 480) touchscreen is referred to as gorgeous, beautiful and a knockout.
• HTC EVO 4G (Rated 4) Sprint - with WiMAX high-speed data, video viewing, huge 4.3" touchscreen.? Features of HTC EVO 4G include an 8-megapixel video-capture-capable camera and a front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera for video chat.
• Samsung Captivate (Rated 4) AT&T - reviewers all agreed that the Captivate captivates and called it the best Android smartphone at AT&T in August.
  
• Samsung Vibrant (Rated 4) Sprint - the most praised features of the Samsung Vibrant are the super AMOLED touchscreen, preloaded entertainment (Avatar movie and SIM 3 game) and synching abilities.
• DROID Incredible (Rated 4.5) Verizon - Android smartphone with the full bells and whistles of an 8-megapixel camera (with LED flash), 8 Gigabytes of onboard storage, 3.7" OLED touchscreen, GPS, social-sync, FM radio and Bluetooth.
• iPhone 3GS (Rated 4.5) AT&T - last year's top iPhone, which is still selling well this year.
  
• BlackBerry Bold 9700 (Rated 4) AT&T, T-Mobile - reviewers liked the brilliant display, 3.5 mm headphone jack and fabulous messaging capabilities.? The call quality, media playing, photo quality and video capture were rated well.
• Palm Pre Plus (Rated 4) Verizon - has the first smartphone to gather all information and unify it in one place - webOS.
  
• HTC HD2 (Rated 4) T-Mobile - when it came out in April, it was the first smartphone to have a 4.3-inch touchscreen, later found in the HTC EVO 4G.

This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php
Five Filters featured site: So, Why is Wikileaks a Good Thing Again?.

View the original article here