All Cell Phones

The Bottom Line: The Samsung SGH-A237 offers a bit of style, but ultimately there's not much to distinguish it from the cell phone crowd.

Specs: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (Quadband), Up to 300 min, With digital camera, 2.9 oz

The Bottom Line: The Cellular Abroad National Geographic phone offers worldwide calling at affordable roaming rates, but you're stuck with high rental prices and an uninspiring and rather old handset.

Specs: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (Quadband), Up to 30 min, 3.3 oz

The Bottom Line: The Motorola U9 is a mostly reliable music phone with an eye-catching design. We had a few complaints, but it makes up for its deficiencies with good call quality.

Specs: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (Quadband), Up to 430 min, With digital camera / digital player, 3.1 oz

The Bottom Line: The Motorola U9 is a mostly reliable music phone with an eye-catching design. We had a few complaints, but it makes up for its deficiencies with good call quality.

Specs: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (Quadband), Up to 430 min, With digital camera / digital player, 3.1 oz

The Bottom Line: The Motorola U9 is a mostly reliable music phone with an eye-catching design. We had a few complaints, but it makes up for its deficiencies with good call quality.

Specs: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (Quadband), Up to 430 min, With digital camera / digital player, 3.1 oz

The Bottom Line: Despite its lack of high speed data connection, the Verizon Wireless Blitz is a great phone for messaging fanatics.

Specs: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800, Up to 280 min, With digital camera / digital player, 5.1 oz

The Bottom Line: The Peek promises to be the mobile e-mail device for everyday people, but we just think the money is better spent on a multifunction handheld.

Specs: GSM 800/1800/1900, 3.8 oz

The Bottom Line: The Palm Treo Pro offers significant improvements in the design and features department, but the smartphone doesn't offer anything revolutionary and costs more than its competitors, which will make it a hard sell.

Specs: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 / UMTS 850/1900/2100, Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, Up to 300 min, 128 MB

The Bottom Line: The Sony Ericsson TM506 has a couple of faults, but it's broad 3G support and integrated GPS makes it a welcome addition to T-Mobile's lineup.

Specs: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/1800/1900, Up to 570 min, With digital camera / digital player / FM radio, 3.4 oz

The Bottom Line: Despite a few quirks, the Sanyo Katana Eclipse is an excellent midrange multimedia phone for Sprint customers.

Specs: Up to 270 min, With digital camera / digital player, 3.4 oz