It is the year of the Android, the year of 3G. In 2008, Google’s Android OS was introduced in the T-Mobile G1, and Apple led the market into 3G connectivity with their second gen iPhone. It was these two and many more that comprise the 10 best mobile phones of 2008. Find out who tops the list — and who got snubbed — starting below…
In 10 short years, the Blackberry has evolved from an archaic two-way messaging device to one hell of a sexy mobile communicator. From the Blackberry 850 to the Blackberry Storm, this productivity-minded brand has won a legion of loyal users across the world. To celebrate its history, GearCrave looks back through the six RIM phones that caused the Blackberry revolution.
Nearly two years ago, the mobile phone market changed forever. The iPhone became the King of communication while every other phone played second fiddle. Today, mobile developers have caught up– and in some cases surpassed the Apple icon. Here are the top 10 iPhone alternatives, the best non-Apple phones on the market today.
First it was the Samsung Behold, then the Instinct, followed by the Delve, and now the Samsung Eternity. With all those touch phones released by Samsung in the last month it appears the company is investing its future in Pocket PC based technology, and the Eternity from what we can tell delivers on that investment.
The Samsung Eternity features a crisp 3.2 inch display that offers haptic feedback (Basically it vibrates at the point pushed on the screen to give the user the feel of realtime feedback). The Eternity also features Samsungs recently released TouchWiz interface and offers an accelerometer as an added bonus.
Throw in a 3 Megapixel camera, GPS capabilities and Bluetooth and its easy to see how this device lets users stay connected using a variety of options. Connectivity also couldn’t be any easier thanks to the devices full HTML browser and 3G high speed data connection with Edge/GPRS thrown in for good measure.
Finally the unit comes equipped with AT&T Mobile TV and Video Share, offers Email capabilities, and ships with an expandable and much appreciated microSD card slot. If the above info has you jonesing you can pick one up today at AT&T Wirelss for $149.99 wtih a two-year contract.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X1i has been touted for more than a year as “the next coming” for Sony Ericsson, a device that combines a sleek user interface with a strong build, while offering state of the art cellular functions. While the device definitely fulfills part of those requirements it falls surprisingly short on others. Stick around, we’ve got the dirty pro’s and con’s from our hands-on review of the Xperia X1i…
While Sprint Wireless has preached their new WiMax networks for more than a year, its actually HTC that’s making the biggest splash of recent WiMax memory. The HTC Max 4G was announced today, and surprisingly the device doesn’t offer Sprint based CDMA calling, but rather the more worldwide friendly GSM offering.
The Max 4G features an impressive hardware set that not only includes GSM calling and WiMax data, but also includes an impressive screen resolution coming in at 800 x 480 pixels. The unit also offers a Built-In GPS receiver, 8GB of on-board flash memory, and two distinct cameras, a front side video conferencing camera, along with a secondary backside camera for picture taking.
The Max 4G also comes equipped with WiFi, which is great for non-WiMax friendly areas. If you don’t have a WiMax network connection or WiFi available however don’t fear, users can also surf the web and download data via the units tri-band Edge network capabilities.
We should also mention that the device is rounded out with a fairly standard FM Radio offering. Sure there’s no release date, and the full GSM/WiMax combo is really only accesible in tandem in Russia at this point, but its still enough to make us salivate, or beg for more info at the very least. [via Engadget]
