Best Cell Phones - 6 to 26 oz. Weight, Speakerphone Phone Features, 2 to 5 Hours Talk Time

'Unfortunately, T-Mobile left the slow CPU intact, making this otherwise powerful handset feel sluggish and sticky to use'

'The phone's speaker sounded awful, though, and listening through the included earbuds was far from pleasurable.'

'disappointing phone'

'last major PocketPC phone'

'runs the stale Palm OS 5.4.9.'

'Sound through the earpiece in a noisy location was a little wobbly, and transmissions were clear but a bit tinny.'

'bulky design'

'The Samsung SCH-i830 is available through Verizon Wireless for a hefty $599,'

'The Samsung SCH-i830 runs the older Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition OS and lacks integrated Wi-Fi.'

'somewhat poor 240x240-pixel resolution'

'You can't select multiple messages (for deletion or transfer to other folders), and you can't choose whether to delete downloaded mail from the server.'

'small overall screen size'

'the 1.3-megapixel camera is moderately sharp with well-balanced colors, but suffers from distracting compression artifacts.'

'The Windows Mobile 5.0 sluggishness is most visible'

'The LCD is also impossible to read outdoors,'

'You're dependent on Sprint's network, though, and Sprint hasn't built out quite as much EV-DO as Verizon has.'

'Web browsing is limited to WAP and is average.'

'Phone is difficult to dial.'

'Our callers said audio was bad on their end, and asked us to repeat ourselves several times.'

'Our one big complaint about the phone: If you want to dial a number that's not in your address book, you have to open the screen first so that you can access the keyboard/dial pad, then close it again to use it as a phone--a really cumbersome setup.'

'In the looks department the Sidekick 3 is, well, quirky.'

'this PDA hybrid phone has a few weaknesses, mainly having to do with a poorly designed phone component.'

'there is only 16MB of built-in memory and no flash support, so don't expect to go mad with your downloads.'

'Awkward to use as cell phone.'