$50 - $100 Cell Phones

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

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

The Bottom Line: Despite our issues with the browser and the uninteresting design, the LG Chocolate Touch is a terrific music phone for Verizon Wireless.

Specs: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800, Up to 306 min, With digital camera / digital player / FM radio, 4.2 oz

The Bottom Line: Though its performance wasn't completely top-notch and we would prefer a more recent Android OS version, the HTC Droid Eris is a satisfying Android device that offers a nice contrast to the Motorola Droid. And you can't beat the price.

Specs: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800, Up to 214 min, With digital camera, 4.2 oz

The Bottom Line: Despite a few design issues, the Pantech Reveal is a good midrange messaging phone with the added bonus of a full HTML Web browser.

The Bottom Line: Despite a few design issues, the Pantech Reveal is a good midrange messaging phone with the added bonus of a full HTML Web browser.

The Bottom Line: If you can live with a few design quirks, the Motorola Debut is a decent, basic, multimedia phone for Boost Mobile.

Specs: With digital camera / digital player, 0.2 lbs

The Bottom Line: The Samsung Rogue is a great multimedia touch-screen messaging phone for Verizon Wireless customers.

Specs: Up to 282 min, 4.3 oz

The Bottom Line: The Samsung MyShot II doesn't have the best camera, but it's not a bad phone otherwise.

Specs: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800 / AWS 1700/2100, 240 min, With digital camera / digital player, 3.4 oz