Motorola Smartphones

The Bottom Line: Despite some design issues and a couple of missing features, the Motorola Droid is the most powerful and fastest Google Android device to date. It fully embraces the openness of the Android platform and offers Verizon customers a smartphone that certainly rivals the other touch-screen devices on the market.

Specs: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800, 385 min, With digital camera / digital player, 6 oz

The Bottom Line: With its excellent design, user interface improvements, and admirable feature set, the Motorola Cliq gives a big boost to the Android operating system. We had some performance quibbles with the device, and the MotoBlur interface can be a bit much, but the phone has a lot to like.

Specs: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900, 360 min, With digital camera / digital player, 5.7 oz

The Bottom Line: With its excellent design, user interface improvements, and admirable feature set, the Motorola Cliq gives a big boost to the Android operating system. We had some performance quibbles with the device, and the MotoBlur interface can be a bit much, but the phone has a lot to like.

Specs: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900, 360 min, With digital camera / digital player, 5.7 oz

The Bottom Line: With the design improvements and addition of features such as 3G and GPS, the T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009 graduates from a simple messaging handheld to a real connected, all-in-one communication device for the younger crowd.

Specs: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (Quadband) / UMTS 85/1700/2100 (Triband), With digital camera / digital player, 0.4 lbs

The Bottom Line: With the design improvements and addition of features such as 3G and GPS, the T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009 graduates from a simple messaging handheld to a real connected, all-in-one communication device for the younger crowd.

Specs: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (Quadband) / UMTS 85/1700/2100 (Triband), With digital camera / digital player, 0.4 lbs

The Bottom Line: The Motorola Q Global brings an updated look and the latest Windows Mobile operating system to the messaging-centric smartphone.

Specs: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900, Up to 540 min, 4.7 oz

The Bottom Line: Armed with a slider design and good quality, the CDM and GSM Motorola Z6c is an ideal choice for the global Verizon Wireless customer.

Specs: CDMA 800/1900 / GSM 900/1800, Up to 414 min, 3.7 oz

The Bottom Line: Some design quirks aside, the Motorola Q9c for Sprint is a worthy upgrade to the original Q, adding GPS and more stable performance, among other things.

Specs: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800, Up to 273 min, With digital camera / digital player, 4.8 oz

The Bottom Line: The multimedia-friendly Motorola Rizr Z8 is a nice idea, but its pokey performance and awkward controls don't do it any favors.

Specs: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900, Up to 300 min, With digital camera / digital player, 4 oz

The Bottom Line: Though not the sexiest or sleekest device on the market, the Motorola Q9h Global is an all-around solid smartphone that offers mobile professionals good messaging, clear call quality, and GPS and HSDPA--all for a great value.

Specs: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 / WCDMA 850/1900, Up to 390 min, 4.7 oz