The Palm Centro comes in two colors, red and black. The red phone is more popular with the females. The Palm Centro has a small keypad; it also acts as a keyboard when the applications of computers are availed on it. The phone is equipped with 1.3 mega pixel camera. The camera has a 2x zooming capacity. The camera lacks flash and also editing options. But still the picture quality is quite praiseworthy but the colors are not that bright as expected. Video recording facility is also available with the camera. The phone has features like speakerphone, three-way calling, vibrating mode, speed dial and a special feature where a text message is immediately sent when one fails to receive a call. The set supports instant messaging as well as text and multimedia messaging.

There is Bluetooth 1.2 support. The memory of the phone is limited. There is place for the contacts list where many numbers can be stored against each entry. Email addresses, web, office or home addresses can also be stored. There is option for storing birthdays against each entry. There are total 37 ring tones in the set, all of which are polyphonic. Call groups can be formed and there is option of putting a photo against each entry or each group. Television channels can also be seen with the help of Sprint T.V. The phone also has an option for playing music of MP3 and DRM protected files. This phone can be used as a wireless modem for a laptop. This set also comes with the game of sudoku loaded.

The picture quality of the phone is fine. The battery can stand up to 3.5 hours of talk time. The phone has an attractive price range. The push email and Bluetooth facilities including some productivity applications are its positive points.

It lacks a WI-Fi. The speakerphone is a bit weak. The keyboard is a little crowded and the hardware is not perfect.

The Nokia Luna -8600 (Unlocked)

The product is rated as very good by the editors of cell review sites. It has been given 7.0 out of 10. The phone is a slider one and the keypad is hidden between the front face. When the front face is closed the keypad cannot be seen. The bottom half of the phone is composed of smoked glass cover. The keypad is a bit crowded and the buttons are quite slippery. The keys have a backlight in the upper side which helps in using it in darkness. The display of the phone is 2 inches; the font size of the texts can be edited as wanted.
The phone is equipped with a camera of 2-mega-pixel and it is capable of taking pictures in seven resolutions. There are many modes of taking pictures but the brightness cannot be adjusted and the phone lacks a flash in the camera. Video can be shot with the help of a camcorder. The picture quality of camera is not perfect. It has some drawbacks. The colors are faded and the image is somewhat blurred. Night shots cannot be taken. The phone book can hold up to five numbers against each entry along with email, work, home and web addresses, birthdays, notes, company title, nickname, job title. There are 20 64-chord polyphonic ring tones available. The names can be grouped and assigned a photo or even a video for caller ID purpose. The phone offers a Bluetooth, a world phone, currency converter, PC syncing and so on. Other features are text and multimedia messaging, voice recorder, speakerphone, instant messaging and other regular features. It also has a music player which allows playing music from various file formats like MP3, ACC and so on. It also consists of three games.

The phone has a stereo Bluetooth, voice command and the call quality is superb and clear. The design is quite attractive.

It lacks expendable memory slot and the low battery life.

The Motorola W385 (Verizon wireless)

The Motorola W385 is quite a dependable phone. The editors have rated it as very good and the users have given it excellent ratings. The users have provided it with an 8.4 on 10. The phone has good functional quality and has quite a reasonable price of $29. The phone has a color display but the texts come in a tiny form. The display screen of the phone is rectangular in shape and is not too big. The cell has a VGA camera in built, which takes pictures in about three resolutions.

It is equipped with digital zoom; about 10 kinds of frames and the color, brightness are adjustable. The camera does not have a flash facility and is unable to record a video. The photo quality is keeping par with the VGA camera. Self portrait can be taken with the help of the mirror strip available on the front side of the phone. This phone also has a large memory of including about 1000 numbers in the contact list, allowing at least 5 numbers and two email addresses against each entry. The other features are multimedia messaging, voice commands, Bluetooth facility, speakerphone, world clock, calculator, notepad, calendar and also an alarm clock. It also allows the GPS services. The phone also includes 22 polyphonic ring tones and other alert tones. The photo of people can be saved in the memory of the phone against each number or against each group formed. But these photos cannot be seen in the external display of the phone.

The call quality of the phone is fine and quite sharp and the speaker phone works excellently and clearly. The users came with no serious allegations against the phone. The battery supports at least 4 hours of talk time. The phone is user friendly and has an integrated blue tooth support.

Due to the VGA camera the photo quality lacks excellence and the internal display is of a low resolution.

The Nokia N95 (Unlocked)

The Nokia N95 is the second most popular phone today in the U.S.A. It has good ratings both from the editor of the cell review site as well as the users. It has been awarded very good rating from the editor while from the users it has been able to derive an excellent rating. It has gained about 8.1 points on 10 from an average of ninety users. This phone includes varied features so it’s difficult to decide where to start and where to end. The most positive feature of the phone is its camera; it is having a 5 mega pixel camera, which is quite rare in cell phones. It is nothing less than any digital camera and the editing options are noteworthy.

There is a timer and it also has seven different modes in which the shots can be taken. The quality of the photos is impressible. Video can be recorded as well and with the same clarity and including MP4 sound facility. It can work just like a computer and it also can play music supports all types of music files. The Nokia N95 also has a wonderful radio. It also provides the facility of colourful route maps and can track positions. It has facilities of speaker phones, conference calling, text and multimedia messaging, voice command support and much more. It has a large memory. The updated version of this phone allows the users to view all the applications of MS Office. It has near about 150 MB internal memories and can support 2GB expandable media which are quite impressive.

Usually everything about the phone is good. The 5 mega pixel camera is the best attraction; it also has a Bluetooth, GPS and a 3.5 mm headphone jack. The design, two way sliding is quite innovative.

The phone is quite expensive and the battery support poor. The hardware used is somewhat cheap and the sliding mechanism is not up to the mark.

The Samsung Black Jack SGH-i607 (AT&T)

The price of the Samsung Black Jack varies from $249.99 to $379.99. It can either be bought from TigerDirect.com or AT&T. The users have provided it with the rating good; it has been awarded 6.9 on 10, while the editor of the cell review site has agreed to award it very good rating. This is thinnest phone available today. The black color of the phone is very attractive and due to its slim nature it is easy to grip. The keypad is easy to use and the backlight helps to type in dim light or darkness too. The Black Jack is equipped with 1.3 mega pixel camera, which also allows video recording and 2x digital zoom with a self timer. It allows two shooting modes as well as two sizes for any photo. The picture clarity is to be appreciated. The video recording can be done both with and without sound.

The phone supports instant messaging as well as text and multimedia messaging. It also supports corporate and personal emails. It serves as a pocket size computer. It has facilities of conference calling, speaker phone and three ways calling too. The memory is strong and helps store up to 12 numbers against each entry along with email, home and work address. There are about twenty ring tones. The phone also supports MP3 tones. Contact groups can be identified with pictures assigned to them. Voice recorder, calculator, calendar, converter, world clock are its other attractions. It also allows viewing Word and Excel documents along with PowerPoint presentations and PDF. These files can be opened and transferred successfully with the help of this phone.

The phone has a Bluetooth 2.0 and an extremely fine call quality. The phone is slim and hence very gorgeous, and has a facility of push email helping to send emails faster. It has a self-portrait mirror too.

The problem is that the navigation is too crowded. Few applications take time to load.