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The Bottom Line: The Sony Ericsson Aino's luscious display and multimedia offerings make it one of the better unlocked phones we've seen this year.

Specs: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900, Up to 780 min, With digital camera / digital player / FM radio, 4.7 oz

The Bottom Line: While we're not huge fans of the design, the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8530 is a good choice for first-time smartphone buyers and offers more than its GSM counterpart.

Specs: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800, 270 min, With digital camera / digital player, 3.7 oz

The Bottom Line: While we're not huge fans of the design, the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8530 is a good choice for first-time smartphone buyers and offers more than its GSM counterpart.

Specs: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800, 270 min, With digital camera / digital player, 3.7 oz

The Bottom Line: The Pantech Impact has an eye-catching style and a respectable feature set, but its design could use some improvements.

Specs: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900, 300 min, With digital camera / digital player, 4.5 oz

The Bottom Line: The Pantech Impact has an eye-catching style and a respectable feature set, but its design could use some improvements.

Specs: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900, 300 min, With digital camera / digital player, 4.5 oz

The Bottom Line: If you can get past its disappointing exterior, the Sanyo Incognito offers an excellent messaging keyboard, useful features, and decent call quality.

Specs: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800, Up to 306 min, With digital camera / digital player, 3.4 oz

The Bottom Line: While not the most powerful smartphone on the market, the Samsung Omnia II features an improved user interface and a richer multimedia experience to make it a worthy upgrade over its predecessor and one of the best Windows Mobile devices on the market.

Specs: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900, Up to 600 min, With digital camera / digital player / FM radio, 0.3 lbs

The Bottom Line: By itself, the Garmin Nuvi 1690 is merely a solidly performing GPS device, but it earns its keep through the free NuLink service, giving users easy access to up-to-the-minute data for safety, convenience, and entertainment.

Specs: Hiking, Automotive, Navigation instructions, Street name announcement, 6.2 oz

The Bottom Line: The Nokia 6350 does the job as a phone for voice calls, but it doesn't measure up as a multimedia device.

Specs: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900, Up to 252 min, With digital camera / digital player, 3.6 oz

The Bottom Line: The Nokia 6350 does the job as a phone for voice calls, but it doesn't measure up as a multimedia device.

Specs: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900, Up to 252 min, With digital camera / digital player, 3.6 oz