Verizon's Glyde has been a long time coming. Based on the F700v we reviewed back at the beginning of the year, Verizon's version has taken four and a half months of rumor and FCC spills to reach our hands. The premise is aluring: EV-DO, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, capacitative touchscreen and stereo Bluetooth. But we weren't convinced ... continued »

Ironically enough, for something meant to be a fashion phone it's taken more than a few seasons for Sprint to retire Sanyo's Katana II.  Almost ten months later, we've now got the Katana LX to replace it.  But do only good things really come to those who wait?  Back in July 2007, in our review of the Katana II, we ... continued »

The original BlackBerry was described to me as the ultimate utility phone by one of my business associates. I could just never get over the size of the thing. When my contract with T-Mobile came up, I decided it was time for me to upgrade to either the Shadow or the recently launched BlackBerry Pearl 8120 (a RIM handset that wasn’t ... continued »

Plantronics officially announced their new Discovery 925 Bluetooth headset early on this week, and we've been putting it through its paces. In a market crammed with rivals offering striking designs, tiny casings and impressive performance you have to do something special to stand out, and Plantronics have picked the fashion route with their new VFrame design. That's not to say ... continued »

Launched today, AT&T are describing their white Palm Centro as ideal for an entire spectrum of users, from the "plain mobile phoner" and on up from there. More specifically, I think that this is totally the ideal device for the user who is just now moving up from the standard mobile phone into the smartphone realm. The Centro ... continued »

In brief, the Samsung Ace runs on Sprint’s fast EVDO Rev. 0 and 1XRTT network. Unfortunately it does not support Rev. A and while roaming abroad you’re only getting GPRS. It’s a candy bar form factor with a decent size QWERTY keyboard and internal antenna; 5-way navigation button and thumb wheel for one-handed operation. Other features include Bluetooth 2.0; push ... continued »

Cricket announced early October of last that it would offer the Kyocera M1000 rebadged as Lingo. It’s a neat-featured phone geared towards people who likes text. The QWERTY keyboard is large and comfy to use. I like the handset’s dual personalities; candy bar form factor for when I need to use it as a phone and flipping ... continued »

It’s been over a year since BlueAnt won the CES 2007 Innovation Design and Engineering Award for the Z9 bluetooth headset; and there’s still nothing on the market that can hold a candle it. By far, the Z9 is still the best damn Bluetooth head on the market for quality, style and comfort. Those are my three criteria for testing ... continued »

The BlackBerry Pearl 8130 sports a thin, sleek design all dressed up in an amethyst-color. With the Pearl 8130 you get the best of both worlds allowing both personal and business use. Key features include built-in GPS, 2-megapixel camera with enhanced flash for pictures and video recording, external microSD / SDHC memory card slot, enhanced background noise, wind and echo ... continued »

Sprint launched the world’s smallest EV-DO Rev. A modem stick, the Ovation U727 back in October and I finally got my dirty fingers on one to test out - just in time for CES and Macworld. The Ovation U727 features an integrated microSD slot, letting you use a microSD card up to 4GB in capacity. It will work with any ... continued »