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The Bottom Line: The Motorola Entice makes for a decent midrange multimedia phone, especially if you care about call quality.

Specs: CDMA 800/1900 (Dual band), Up to 330 min, With digital camera/digital player, 0.2 lbs

The Bottom Line: With the design improvements and enhancements of Windows Mobile 6.5, the HTC Touch2 makes for a nice smartphone for first-time users. Unfortunately, it's not bound for the U.S. and may not be worth its unlocked price.

Specs: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900, Up to 440 min, With digital camera / digital player, 3.9 oz

The Bottom Line: The HTC Pure offers AT&T customers an affordable touch-screen smartphone that showcases a more intuitive Windows Mobile operating system and strikes a nice balance between work and play. That said, those looking for a handset that excels in multimedia and Web browsing should stick with the iPhone.

Specs: Up to 336 min (GSM), Up to 300 min (WCDMA), With digital camera / digital player

The Bottom Line: The HTC Imagio is rich with both multimedia and business features, making it a great all-in-one smartphone for the Verizon globetrotter.

Specs: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (Quadband) / CDMA 800/1900 (Dual Band) / HSDPA 2100, With digital camera

The Bottom Line: The Samsung Instinct HD packs a lot of features and decent performance into an appealing design. But even with all it has to offer, we'd prefer to pay less and get a full smartphone.

Specs: CDMA 800/1900 (Dual Band), Up to 342 min, With digital camera, 0.2 lbs

The Bottom Line: The Samsung SPH-M330 isn't for the active user, but it's good for infrequent callers who want a few extra features.

Specs: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (Quadband), UMTS 850/1900 (Dual Band), With digital camera, 0.2 lbs

The Bottom Line: If you can afford it, the Nokia N86 8MP is one of the more advanced and better camera phones on the market today, but there are cheaper alternatives.

Specs: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900, Up to 378 min (GSM), Up to 234 min (WCDMA), With digital camera / digital player / FM radio, 5.3 oz

The Bottom Line: Despite some minor complaints, the Nokia 5130 Xpress Music is an ideal choice for a budget music phone.

Specs: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (Quadband), Up to 360 min, With digital camera / digital player / FM radio, 0.2 lbs

The Bottom Line: Despite some minor complaints, the Nokia 5130 Xpress Music is an ideal choice for a budget music phone.

Specs: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (Quadband), Up to 360 min, With digital camera / digital player / FM radio, 0.2 lbs

The Bottom Line: For Verizon's business customers who need more than just a messaging smartphone, the HTC Touch Pro2 delivers with more robust productivity tools and good performance.