Cell Phones

The Bottom Line: Despite a couple of design complaints and a missing feature, the Samsung Convoy is an easy-to-use phone with great performance.

Specs: With digital camera, 3.88 oz

The Bottom Line: If you can get past the limitations of the screen size, the T-Mobile Tap is a decent midrange touch-screen phone.

The Bottom Line: If you can get past the limitations of the screen size, the T-Mobile Tap is a decent midrange touch-screen phone.

The Bottom Line: The Samsung Code is a basic but solid messaging smartphone for MetroPCS customers.

Specs: CDMA 800/1900 (Dual Band), Up to 360 min, With digital camera / digital player, 0.2 lbs

The Bottom Line: The Sanyo SCP-3810 is a typical Sanyo phone: functional, easy to use, and a good performer.

Specs: Up to 240 min, With digital camera / digital player, 0.3 lbs

The Bottom Line: The Sanyo SCP-3810 is a typical Sanyo phone: functional, easy to use, and a good performer.

Specs: Up to 240 min, With digital camera / digital player, 0.3 lbs

The Bottom Line: The Samsung Mythic is an admirable multimedia phone with the added bonus of AT&T Mobile TV.

Specs: GSM 850/900/1900 (Tri-Band), 180 min, With digital camera / digital player, 3.8 oz

The Bottom Line: Of all the Android devices, the Samsung Behold II offers some of the most powerful multimedia features, but its high price tag is a major turn off.

The Bottom Line: While not as powerful as the Pre, the Palm Pixi offers first-time smartphone buyers a decent set of features in a sleek little package. However, to be really competitive, we think it needs to come down in price just a touch.

Specs: 3.5 oz

The Bottom Line: The Samsung Flight offers a unique, likable design and a fair number of features, but some performance gaps keep it from playing in the big leagues.

Specs: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (Quadband), Up to 180 min, With digital camera / digital player, 4.8 oz