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4.5 stars
"Google makes this worth the price of admission."
Pros: Tons of functions, easy to figure out, cheap data plan, big screen, lots of great, free apps in the Android Market.
Cons: There is a very noticeable lag when you close the built-in browser (or anything that sucks a lot of cache) to get back to the main screen view. The buttons are wee bit tiny on the keyboard. The battery life, as expected, is short.
Summary: The best part of waking up, is that I can browse the internet and check my emails from bed, with this baby. The next best part is that I can stream music from the internet from hundreds of Shoutcast radio stations with a free app.
Even though it is lacking one-hand texting (no on-screen keyboard), those functionalities are coming soon. What this phone really needs however, is either a built-in flash unit or video capabilities.
The voice-enabled search is a great tool, especially if you're on the road and you can't type in a search on the fly. Press one button and talk. Depending upon what you're searching, if it's a phone number, you can just press it on the browser's results, and it'll send it to the phone to dial. Or if you're asking an address, press the results in the browser and it'll open up Google Maps. Not bad at all.
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