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• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 288 reviews

The Bottom Line: The LG Dare is an innovative and feature-rich handset with several surprises that sets it apart from other touch-screen phones. Read review

Specs: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800, Up to 280 min, With digital camera / digital player, 3.76 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 52 reviews

The Bottom Line: For those who waited, the RIM BlackBerry Bold won't disappoint. The Bold impresses with its brilliant display, enhanced productivity tools, and excellent multimedia performance to deliver a more powerful and well-rounded smartphone to mobile professionals. Read review

Specs: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 / UMTS 850/1900/2100, BlackBerry Handheld Software, Up to 270 min

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 6 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 is a well-designed and fully stocked smartphone that offers great customization through the interactive panel interface. However, with its high price tag, the X1 will be a hard sell for most customers and will be a purely luxury item. Read review

Specs: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Up to 600 min

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 379 reviews

The Bottom Line: The iPhone 3G delivers on its promises by adding critical features and sharper call quality. The iTunes App Store is pretty amazing, and the 3G support is more than welcome. Critical features still are missing, and the battery depletes quickly under heavy use, but the iPhone 3G is a big improvement over the original model. Read review

Specs: Apple MacOS X, Up to 600 min

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 140 reviews

The Bottom Line: Despite some performance issues, the HTC Touch Pro is one of Sprint's most feature-packed and powerful smartphones for business users. Read review

Specs: W-CDMA 900/2100 / GSM 850/900/1800/1900, Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, Up to 419 min, 288 MB

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 7 reviews

The Bottom Line: For AT&T business customers who demand the most out of their smartphones, the HTC Fuze is up to the task, delivering plenty of features, good performance, and a functional design. Read review

Specs: W-CDMA 850/1900/2100 / GSM 850/900/1800/1900, Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, Up to 444 min, 288 MB

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 81 reviews

The Bottom Line: Despite a few quibbles with the touch screen, its full features and excellent performance make the LG Vu one of the hottest phones this year. Read review

Specs: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900, Up to 180 min, With digital camera / digital player / FLO TV tuner, 3.2 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 42 reviews

The Bottom Line: The HTC Touch Diamond for Sprint brings some nice additions and improvements over the unlocked GSM version--most notably to performance. It's best suited for first-time smartphone buyers or light users, while business customers should wait for the Touch Pro. Read review

Specs: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1, Up to 252 min

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 252 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Samsung Instinct stands out as one of Sprint's finest devices to date. It's just too bad its call quality could use some improvement. Read review

Specs: Up to 345 min, With digital camera / digital player / FM radio, 0.3 lbs

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 240 reviews

The Bottom Line: No bigger than a deck of cards, the Garmin Nüvi 350 is more than just another voice-guided GPS device, packing in travel tools, entertainment features, and good performance; just be prepared to pay a price. Read review

Specs: Automotive, Warnings, Navigation instructions, Street name announcement, 5.1 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 339 reviews

The Bottom Line: Though we had some minor complaints here and there, the Voyager's sleek design, generous feature set and excellent performance make it the best LG messaging and multimedia phone by far. Read review

Specs: CDMA 800/1900, Up to 240 min, With digital camera / digital player, 4.69 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 6 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Samsung Eternity succeeds as a multimedia device, but without Wi-Fi and full e-mail support, it stops well short of being a business-friendly device. Read review

Specs: Up to 300 min

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 10 reviews

The Bottom Line: As we've come to expect from the Nuvi line, the Garmin Nuvi 880 offers an impressive feature list and solid performance, but it's the accurate speech recognition that really pushes the Nuvi 880 over the edge and makes it one of the best GPS we've tested to date. Read review

Specs: Automotive, Navigation instructions, Street name announcement, 6.2 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 26 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Motorola Krave ZN4 accomplishes something few other cell phones do: it's unique, easy to use, and it performs well. Read review

Specs: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800, Up to 260 min, With digital camera / digital player, 4.6 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 86 reviews

The Bottom Line: Despite some minor shortcomings, the Magellan Maestro 4250 is a solid and accurate mid-level portable navigation system with a helpful voice-command feature. Read review

Specs: Automotive, Navigation instructions, Voice command recognition, 6.9 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 145 reviews

The Bottom Line: The LG enV(2) is not much more than a slimmed down version of the enV, but it still serves as an excellent high-end messaging phone. Read review

Specs: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800, With digital camera / digital player, 4.2 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 7 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Sony Ericsson W760i is the best Sony Ericsson Walkman phone we've seen, by far. It corrects one of Sony Ericsson's usual design pitfalls while offering a generous feature set and satisfying performance. We can suggest a few tweaks that should make it a winner. Read review

Specs: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900, Up to 210 min, With digital camera / digital player / FM radio / GPS receiver, 3.6 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good
• Average user rating: 2.0 stars out of 185 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Samsung Glyde is a powerful cell phone with decent performance, but its touch-screen design and controls don't complement its features. Read review

Specs: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800, Up to 210 min, With digital camera / digital player, 4.1 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 21 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Garmin Nuvi 750 delivers beautifully on almost every front, but the portable navigation system hits a speed bump with its sluggish performance. Read review

Specs: Automotive, Navigation instructions, Street name announcement, 6.7 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 131 reviews

The Bottom Line: If you can afford the hefty price tag, the Garmin Nuvi 660 is a solid-performing and versatile GPS device that offers all the navigation basics, tools for the world traveler, Bluetooth, and more. Read review

Specs: Automotive, Navigation instructions, 6.7 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 305 reviews

The Bottom Line: The AT&T Tilt promises to be the carrier's most powerful smartphone for business users with its full range of wireless options, Windows Mobile 6, and innovative tilt screen. Read review

Specs: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 / UMTS 850/1900/2100, Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional, Up to 240 min, 128 MB