Cellphone reviews

Droid RAZR review

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The original RAZR cellphone was a clamshell flip-phone released by Motorola in 2004. for a time, they were very popular, being well-made, reliable, and a nice design (they were fairly small and thin, yet very ergonomic and functional). Motorola has released a new smartphone iteration of the RAZR line, which (to differentiate from the original) […]

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Droid Bionic review

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The Droid Bionic is a high-powered, multimedia smartphone offering from Verizon Wireless and Motorola. Is becoming part of a trend mentioned by techie luminaries years ago, one that never really got off the ground, until, perhaps, now. In ye olden days (this is what I call the 1980s and 1990s), cellphones were new and rare. […]

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Review of Motorola Droid 3

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The Droid 3 is the latest in the Motorola Droid lineup. Like the other Droid phones, the Droid 3 is distinctive. It’s a “blockier” design than most other smartphones out there. The Droid line takes the utilitarian view, and thinks that a defined-line, harder-edge approach will appeal more to some than the current standard of […]

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Xperia Play review – PlayStation games on an Android smartphone

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The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play – which from here on out we’ll call the “Xperia” – is a cellphone well-designed for one thing, gaming. More specifically, it’s a Playstation / PSP emulator that does a great job in bringing Sony Playstation ports to an Android smartphone. When the Xperia is closed it’s in stealth mode, […]

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Windows Phone OS 7 and HTC Trophy review

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For those with the right needs (or perhaps those with the right sense of adventure) the HTC Trophy brings a double bonus. First, it’s a smartphone with world coverage, and is small, light and fast. Second, it’s Verizon’s first phone running Microsoft’s contribution to the 2011 smartphone OS market – the HTC Trophy runs Windows […]

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HTC ThunderBolt review

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The HTC ThunderBolt is an Android-powered phone that’s heavy on multimedia features, and is therefore heavy on fun. The phone is fast – performance was great for video playback and gaming. (The ThunderBolt comes with many preloaded games, including “Rock Band”, which is kind of like Guitar Hero for Android. It’s fun and I spent […]

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Motorola Xoom review

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The Motorola Xoom Tablet PC won CNET’s “Best of Show” award at CES 2011 for being “the most potentially disruptive technology”. While I think “disruptive technology” sounds more applicable to airport backscatter X-rays challenging the concept of personal privacy, or social media enabling political revolutions in Libya and Egypt, I get the point: In terms of […]

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SolarVision NoiseHush N650 review: Solar bluetooth hands-free speakerphone

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The NoiseHush N650 is a solar-powered bluetooth hands-free car speakerphone. That description is much easier to type than it is to say, but all those words are necessary. The NoiseHush is a great addition to any smartphone user who wants a car kit – it works well and it’s easy to use. I’ve used hands-free […]

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Droid Pro review

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The Droid Pro is the next smartphone in the “Droid” series, a specially-designed combination of operating system and hardware from Google and Motorola. With the Droid Pro, while I feel the smartphone has some drawbacks, it’s still well-suited to the right type of user. First, the basics: the Droid Pro is a smaller smartphone with […]

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