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Review of the Motorola Droid from Verizon Wireless

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The Motorola Droid is Verizon’s first smartphone running the much-touted “Android” operating system. The Android OS is fairly unique because it was built from the ground up by Google, and is released with a free software development kit – whoever wants to create applications for Android devices can do so. My understanding is that Google […]

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Verizon HTC Imagio review

The HTC Imagio is a great phone. There. I’ve said it. Now I’ll tell you why. In the tradition of techies everywhere, I’ll do so by making a list. There are three significant features making the Imagio a quality phone: Microsoft (Microsoft?! …Yes, it’s true, but keep reading), the HTC hardware and Verizon: Microsoft (and […]

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Verizon Song ID review and accuracy testing

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Verizon Wireless has a feature on their cellphones that sounds very cool: while listening to music, you can let your cellphone listen for a few seconds, after which it will identify the song, artist and album. The full name of the application is “Verizon V CAST Song ID”. It’s a free application from Verizon that […]

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BlackBerry Tour review

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The BlackBerry Tour is a “world phone” from Verizon Wireless, giving users the ability to make voice calls in over 220 countries and get email and Internet in 175 countries. That’s a lot of places to visit. BlackBerry Tour features Physically, the BlackBerry Tour looks a lot like the BlackBerry Curve. Under the metaphorical hood, […]

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Samsung Alias 2 review: The first E-ink cellphone

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The Alias 2 is a solid cellphone with one significant feature. That feature elevates the phone enough that I believe it’s currently the best of its class. That feature is “E-Ink”. Specifically, that’s what the Alias 2 uses for its keyboard. Technically, the keyboard is “virtual” – the phone’s buttons can change depending on what […]

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LG Versa review

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The LG Versa is a slick phone with common features implemented in a fairly unique way, and some unique features implemented very well. In some phones, this comes across as forced, or making the user tolerate certain features in order to use the device. With the Versa, I experienced no such problems. I didn’t have […]

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Motorola Rapture review

The Motorola Rapture from Verizon Wireless is a slick-looking basic cellphone with one very handy (and not so basic) feature. When the clamshell phone is in closed position, the front display of the phone is touch sensitive! This allows you access to certain features that don’t need an open phone for operation. It gives the […]

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BlackBerry Storm2 review

This article is a continuation of my review of the BlackBerry Storm. Be sure to read that one first, particularly if you’re unfamiliar with the BlackBerry Storm. It’s a different enough cellphone (mostly in a good way!) that users need to know what it is, how it works, and under what conditions you should purchase it. […]

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BlackBerry Storm review

[Andy’s note: After this article, be sure to see my review of the Storm2.] The BlackBerry Storm from Verizon Wireless (also called the BlackBerry 9530) is an excellent smartphone. Comparisons and contrasts to the iPhone are of course inevitable, but the Storm can hold its own. It’s not an iPhone killer, but it does have some […]

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