Nokia E90 Communicator

Pros: Excellent sound quality and phone coverage, FANTASTIC display, good application selection, solidly built phone, great battery life

Cons: No 3G in the US, a bit heavy and thick...

Summary: I have used a number of smart phones, starting with the Kyocera 7035. My favorite was my first, a Kyocera 7035 - it had terrible battery life. I tried Treo devices, the ATT Tilt, I looked at the iPhone.... All of them had terrible battery life, or poor sound quality, or poor reception, or were delicate... The e90 is a very solid, very functional phone first of all, and an excellent PDA on top of that. The only real complaints I have about it are that the battery door pops off a little bit too easily (but, truth be told, that is also partly my fault), the keyboard feel could be a little bit better, and the contacts manager could be a bit more like Outlook, which I use to sync to. This phone has the best sound and reception of any smart phone I have ever used - even better than the Motorola phones I have owned. It is a solid, dense, good feeling phone in the hand, and it works great and instinctively as a phone. As far as the GPS goes, try Google Earth on it - the combination is amazing! I love it and I will never give it up - until they come out with a thinner phone that has 3G coverage in addition to everything else.