Best Handphone

Nokia E66 And Nokia E71

2008-08-11T06:18:00.000-07:00

NOKIA E66

Designed for the way we work
Performance and flexibility complemented by a sophisticated design.
excellent personal information management
Read and react to your emails while on the move, or stay up-to-date and find more with fewer clicks with the feature-rich Nokia Calendar and Contacts for Eseries.
classy design for professionals

Make a lasting impression with a sophisticated design, polished stainless steel surfaces, and distinct finishing touches.
Switch from portrait to landscape view with a turn of your wrist.
entertainment embedded

Personalise your business and personal home screen modes to quickly switch from work to play

£328.00 Includes VAT. Delivery: Standard 3-5 days £3.99, Express 1-2 days £9.99

Didesain untuk cara kerja kitaPerformansi dan fleksibilitas yang dilengkapi dengan desain yang canggih.
manajemen informasi pribadi yang luar biasaBaca dan balas email Anda saat bepergian, atau tetap terupdate dan cari tahu lebih lanjut dengan beberapa klik dalam Nokia Calendar dan Kontak untuk Eseries yang kaya fitur.
desain berkelas untuk para profesionalBuat lasting impression dengan desain yang canggih, permukaan berlapis stainless steel, dan sentuhan akhir istimewa.

Beralih dari tampilan tegak ke mendatar dengan memutar pergelangan Anda.
hiburan yang ditambahkanPersonalisasi modus home screen bisnis dan pribadi Anda untuk beralih secara cepat dari waktu kerja ke waktu luang.

NOKIA E71

Smart simplicityToday work is where we are. Now meet the mobile device designed for the way we work.
excellent messagingFast, easy access to messaging, including your business and personal email, without the complexity.
professional designTrim and fitted with a full keyboard, Nokia E71 is impeccably tailored for business on the move.
two home screensTwo home screen let you choose between work and leisure modes. Choose application shortcuts to suit your schedule with message notifications on or off.
Nokia E71

£330.00

Sederhana dan pintarSekarang pekerjaan ada dimanapun kita berada. Sekarang sambut perangkat mobile yang didesain untuk mendukung cara kerja Anda.
olah pesan luar biasaAkses yang cepat dan mudah ke olah pesan, meliputi email bisnis dan pribadi Anda, tanpa kerumitan.
desain profesionalTipis dan dikemas dengan keyboard yang lengkap, Nokia E71 sangat sesuai untuk bisnis saat bepergian.
dua home screenDua home screen memungkinkan Anda untuk memilih antara modus kerja dan waktu luang. Pilih cara pintas aplikasi untuk menyesuaikan jadwal Anda dengan notifikasi pesan aktif atau mati.

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HTC PDA Touch Pro

2008-08-10T10:42:00.000-07:00

Overview :

The HTC Touch Pro™ brings together elegant touch screen response with the direct precision of keyboard entry… leaving out nothing to deliver a powerhouse communication tool in a beautiful, compact design.

The 2.8-inch VGA touch screen provides four times the resolution of most smart devices, making email, documents and web pages sharper and easier to work with than ever before.

HTC’s rich, touch-responsive interface, TouchFLO™ 3D, provides a stunningly intuitive way to zip through common tasks like messaging, calendar checks or making calls. Delve a little deeper to find that playing media files, searching for contacts and surfing the web are also responsive to your touch.

The web browser puts the full Internet in the palm of your hand. Websites look just like they do on a PC, and TouchFLO™ 3D makes it easy to pan around and zoom in on exactly the information you’re looking for. If you need a wide screen, simply tilt the Touch Pro sideways and the page switches to landscape view.

Slide out the 5-row QWERTY keyboard to make light work of typing-intensive tasks like composing email or working on Microsoft Office® documents… perfect for when your day takes a serious turn.

High speed connectivity will keep you in touch with colleagues and contacts wherever you are. Integrated GPS can be used with maps software for a full turn-by-turn satellite navigation experience.

Built-in Wi-Fi and TV-out functionality* mean you can hook up to the local wireless hot spot to surf, then deliver the perfect PowerPoint® presentation without a laptop in sight.

A beautiful angle on business, the HTC Touch Pro introduces effortless presence to enterprise-standard communications.

Highlight:

Mobile Internet features - surf and download at broadband speed with HSPA and Wi-Fi®.
2.8-inch touch screen, with four times the resolution of most phones.
Vibrant TouchFLO™ 3D user interface.
Five-row QWERTY keyboard for quick and easy text entry.
3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera with flash light for quality stills and video. microSD™ slot for expandable storage.
Integrated GPS can be used with maps software for a full turn-by-turn navigation experience.

HTC PDA

2008-08-10T10:30:00.001-07:00

HTC Touch Diamond :

Overview

Re-defining the perception of advanced mobile phones… the HTC Touch Diamond™ signals a giant leap forward in combining hi-tech prowess with intuitive usability and exhilarating design.

Featuring a sharp 2.8-inch touch screen housed within a stunning formation of brushed metal and flawless faceted edges, the HTC Touch Diamond is as beautiful to behold as it is to use.

With HTC’s vibrant touch-responsive user interface, TouchFLO™ 3D, and ultra-fast HSDPA internet connectivity… the HTC Touch Diamond offers a rich online experience to rival a notebook computer, allowing you to interact with Google, YouTube, and Wikipedia as freely as you would with a broadband connection.

Your contacts, favourite music, videos and photos are no longer an uninspired line of text. With TouchFLO 3D, album artwork, video stills and snapshots of your friends’ and family’s faces are brought to life for you to interact, play and launch at your fingertips.

A 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera will help you capture the perfect moment in style and with a massive 4GB of internal storage you can keep all the files you need. The integrated ultra-sensitive GPS will help you find your destination as quickly and efficiently as a dedicated satellite navigation unit.

Style and substance in a phone are no longer mutually exclusive. The HTC Touch Diamond has arrived.

Highlight

2.8-inch touch screen, with four times the pixels of most phones.
Vibrant TouchFLO 3D user interface, responding perfectly to your finger gestures when scrolling through contacts, browsing the web, and launching media… all vividly displayed as photos and artwork powered by the 3D graphics processor.
HTC Weather - providing a constant view of weather at home and abroad.
Surf and download at broadband speed with HSDPA internet connectivity.
3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera for quality stills and video.
4GB of internal storage to preserve more photos, music, files and exchanged data than ever before.
Integrated GPS for use with maps software for a full turn-by-turn satellite navigation experience.

iPhone 3G Video

2008-08-01T01:56:00.001-07:00

PROS:3G. True GPS. App Store adds hundreds of third-party programs. Voice quality is much improved from the original iPhone. No more recessed headphone jack.

CONS:Plenty of day-one bugs and hiccups. Still missing video recording, voice dialing, stereo Bluetooth support, picture messaging, and document editing. Earbuds are still lousy. Battery life doesn't look good.

BOTTOM LINE:The iPhone 3G is the birth of a new computing platform. It's also one very cool phone. While it's not perfect, it makes other options on AT&T look tired.

FULL REVIEW:When you're finished watching the video, read more about the iPhone 3G.
Visit our complete Apple iPhone Coverage.

T-Mobile Sidekick 2008

2008-08-01T01:47:00.001-07:00

by Sascha Segan

If you're over 30, you might as well stop reading this review now. As a 34-year-old geek, I've had trouble getting into the Sidekick mind-set.

That's the mind-set of someone who would pay up to $200 extra to buy a phone emblazoned with the logos of pop-culture figures you may not have heard of, like tattoo artist Mr. Cartoon or basketball star Dwayne Wade. The Sidekick 2008 is a fashion item and an expression of identity, not a geeky toy. And its best feature is its case, or rather, cases: This is the first handheld to offer completely customizable, interchangeable shells.

T-Mobile has partnered with Skinit (a company that makes customized stick-on labels for electronic gadgets) but has raised the bar a bit. Fortunately, not all the designs are expensive. T-Mobile's $14.99 shells (in various preprogrammed designs or built from your own words and pictures) are actually painted directly onto the Sidekick's body, an effect that looks classier, feels smoother, and is much more durable than a sticker. This is a big step forward in phone personalization.
So what's inside the fancy case? A Sidekick. At 4.7 by 2.3 by 0.7 inches (HWD) and 5.3 ounces), the Sidekick 2008 is a slimmer version of the Sidekick LX. Wisely, T-Mobile kept Sharp as the manufacturer and retained the signature Sidekick swiveling screen, now a bright and tight 240-by-400-pixel color panel. The trackball, on the right, pulses in multiple colors, and the backlit keyboard is an absolute joy, with small, hard, nicely spaced keys.

All Sidekicks have the same easy-to-use operating system that works via a rotating series of menus, and this model doesn't change much. Since all the devices mirror their data online, you can import and export contacts, photos, and such through my.t-mobile.com. You can import contacts or calendar files from Microsoft Outlook, or contacts files from Palm Desktop. For $9.99, you can buy Intellisync, an add-on that perpetually syncs your Sidekick's address book, calendar, and to-do list with Outlook on a PC.

The Sidekick's reason for being is messaging, and it's a terrific gadget for texting, picture messaging, and IM. The IM client supports logging in to AIM, Microsoft Live, and Yahoo! messengers simultaneously, and supports full AIM buddy lists. You can only have one screen name per service, though.
E-mail performance is more of a mixed bag. The Sidekick does push messages from its own TMail account and can check up to three outside AOL, MSN, Yahoo!, or POP/IMAP accounts every 15 minutes. HTML messages come through with basic formatting and links. You can save picture and video attachments to the phone's memory card, and the phone displays the text from DOC and PDF attachments inside messages. A $3.99 plug-in you can buy right from the device handles Excel spreadsheets.
But the Sidekick stores only a tiny 6MB of e-mail, which in my case meant my mailbox was almost always full. You'll also likely fill up the text-message mailbox in about 15 minutes—it holds only 100 messages. Those limits are senseless in a world where 2GB memory cards cost $10. Gmail support is dismal; sent messages show up in your inbox. And there's no business e-mail support at all. The BlackBerry Pearl 8120, the Sidekick's top competitor, supports eight accounts, has much more storage, and polls outside accounts more frequently.

As a quad-band EDGE world phone, the Sidekick 2008 is decent but not great when it comes to call quality. Reception is just so-so, and the speakerphone is quieter than I'd like. But the earpiece is loud, and sound quality both coming and going is clear. The Sidekick does transmit some background noise, but I could hear my voice over it. The 7 hours 56 minutes of talk time we achieved on our rundown test is average for a multifunction handheld of this sort. The Sidekick worked fine with our mono Plantronics Voyager 520 and stereo Pulsar 590 Bluetooth headsets.

Web browsing is mediocre but manageable. The Sidekick uses server-side compression to load Web pages faster than its EDGE connection should, and displays them in an altered format that minimizes scrolling. Unfortunately, the browser doesn't support much JavaScript or DHTML. It's fine, however, for browsing basic pages. The device comes with a custom MySpace client so you don't have to use the browser to do MySpace messaging, though you need the browser for Facebook, Bebo, or other social networking sites.

The Sidekick's music player is relatively elegant and supports (nonprotected) AAC, WMA, MP3, and even WAV and AIFF files, including album art. It read files off our 8GB SanDisk microSD card without a problem. Remember, though, there's no way to use your own songs as ringtones. We played music over both wired and Bluetooth headphones without a problem. Video playback, on the other hand, was trouble. The Sidekick can handle video recorded with cell phones, but, movies and TV shows on microSD cards are out. Even our low-complexity, 320-by-240, 15-frame-per-second test video was unacceptably jerky.

The camera delivers the fewest lines of resolution of any 2-megapixel device we've ever tested. Photos come out extremely soft, with a touch of low-light blur. The movie mode takes nauseatingly pulsing 176-by-144 videos at 13 fps, up to 20 seconds each.

On the bright side, the Sidekick isn't a true smartphone with an open OS, but there are several dozen third-party applications available, including a bunch of games. One of the apps is an SSH client, which has given the Sidekick a bit of a cult following among Unix IT administrators.
At $149 (before customization), the Sidekick 2008 costs at least $50 less than the Sidekick Slide and LX models but $50 more than the BlackBerry Pearl. If you're set on a Sidekick, this is the one to get. But the Pearl is still a smaller, better, all-around e-mail phone. Your decision here will likely be based on whether the idea of personalized skins makes up for the Sidekick's tiny mailboxes.

Avermedia TVPhone (AVERTVPHONE) Video Capture

2008-08-01T01:38:00.001-07:00

AVerMedia TVPhone provides real-time video and audio communication over the phone line, LAN/WAN, or Internet Service Provider.

This product package consists of a PCI TV, FM Tuner and Capture Board, a desktop microphone and the necessary software that allows you to video conference over the Internet, watch TV on your computer monitor, listen to FM radio while you work, and capture high quality image or video on your computer.??AVerMediaTVPhone comes with a fully functional remote control.

Now, you can finally sit back, relax, watch your favorite TV station or listen to your FM radio with your remote control. If you prefer to work on your computer and watch TV or listen to FM radio at the same time, now you can actually use the remote control to easily change channels without interrupting your work. AVerMedia TVPhone is great for the home, as well as business, entertainment and multimedia applications.
With the AVerMedia TVPhone, you wont be out of touch!

Sony Ericsson W890i

2008-07-31T08:58:00.000-07:00

Full Review and Specification for the Sony Ericsson W890i

Having been announced back in November last year, it has been a long time coming, but the Sony Ericsson W890i has finally landed. 3G has eagerly awaited the latest addition to the popular Walkman range, but will the W890i prove to be a cut above the rest, or just another music phone?

With its petite frame and supreme music capabilities, we were big fans of the uber-slim Sony Ericsson W880i and, thankfully the W890i flaunts some exciting new flourishes without sacrificing the original's crowd-pleasing style.

Now with HSDPA, Google Maps, a 3.2-megapixel camera and a bundled 2GB memory card, the W890i packs more features than its predecessor, while keeping its svelte appearance. Available in espresso black, mocha brown or sparkling silver, the metallic casing gives the handset a robust feel, despite only weighing in at 78g.

There's also a really useful battery cover lock, operated by two switches on either side of the handset, which both make it easy to remove the battery cover and adds to the secure and reliable feel of the phone. Flick the switches and the back cover gently pops out. It's a beautifully simple idea that means you won't be chipping your fingernails attempting to dislodge the rear casing, as is the case with so many handsets.

Sony Ericsson W890i Zoom web pages

2008-07-31T08:49:00.000-07:00

Sony Ericsson W890i Zoom web pages

The W890i also allows you to pan and zoom on web pages, meaning you can focus in on a particular block of text or image. To use pan and zoom when browsing the internet, simply press the # key which will enable you to move around the frame with the navigation key. In order to use this function, however, you will need to turn the Smart-Fit option off.

The handset also allows you to send web links via text message, picture message or Bluetooth, while you can also save pictures on the web by clicking options, tools and then save picture. Any pictures you do save can then be found in the Pictures folder of your media album and then sent as a picture message or email, either via Bluetooth or to your own personal blog.

With the phone's RSS reader (or web feeds as Sony Ericsson refers to them), you will be alerted to any new content or updates on selected webpages. A small orange icon at the top of the page will highlight websites that allow this facility, while a list of available websites that provide RSS feeds is provided on the handset's homepage.

Full Review and Specification for the Sony Ericsson W890i

2008-07-31T08:47:00.000-07:00

Sony Ericsson W890i Busy keypad

2008-07-31T08:45:00.000-07:00

Sony Ericsson W890i Busy keypad

Housing a large two-inch screen, the W890i is great for viewing web pages and photos because it's large, bright and clear, although as is often the case with a screen of this size, fingerprints are a common grievance. As the numeric keys are relatively shallow, some may find them to be a tad on the fiddly side. However, the keys compensate by being wider.

Beneath the display, you'll find the navigation ‘soft' keys that serve a multi-function purpose. One key trebles up as a call key, a selection key and a shortcut key, while the other multi-tasks as a back button, selection key and a clear button. In between these keys, you'll find the navigation key that doubles up as the Walkman controls. So there's a lot going on in a relatively small space. Elsewhere on the phone, the keys have far more room to breathe. A Walkman key on one flank gives you direct access to the excellent built-in music player. On the right flank you'll find the dedicated camera key - that needs to be held down for a sustained period - and the camera zoom/volume controls.

Sony Ericsson W890i Musical maestro

2008-07-31T08:40:00.000-07:00

Sony Ericsson W890i Musical maestro

This is a Walkman phone, so top music credentials come as standard. Although there's no 3.5mm jack port, Sony Ericsson has seen fit to bundle a 3.5mm adaptor, so you'll be able to add your own cans. And, while the W890i also supports A2DP (Stereo Bluetooth), to use the phone's FM radio you will have to use the provided headphones as these double up as the radio's antenna.

Unfortunately, as seems to be the trend with Sony Ericsson handsets, the manufacturer has opted to place the port for the headphones (which is also where you plug in the charger and USB cable) on the side of the headset, rather than more conveniently placed on the top. This is a real nuisance when you have the phone in your pocket, as it makes locating the headphone slot more awkward. Despite this shortcoming, the sound quality is crisp and clear and the music features are all neatly laid out. You can showcase your music according to artist, album or even year, and the SensMe feature allows you to create music playlists according to your mood.

For those unfamiliar with Walkman phones, the W890i's TrackID feature allows you to identify the artist and title of a song by simply recording a brief sample from the built-in FM radio or from an external music device. TrackID will then, via the internet, report back both the name of the song and the artist, thus improving your musical knowledge in the process. The fast 3.6Mbps HSDPA connection speeds this whole process up.

The Sony Ericsson W890i also comes with Sony Ericsson's new improved PlayNow download service, which allows you to download ringtones and games, as well as full-track music. Although, it has to be said the selection of music available is not that vast. Meanwhile, MusicDJ allows you to create your own ringtones Mark Ronson-style, while the FM radio can save up to twenty pre-set stations.

The W890i comes bundled with a 2GB memory card, which is a gig more than you got with the W880i and plenty of room to store a decent music collection. The W890i incidentally supports MP3 and AAC digital formats and, if you store your music in the latter, you'll squeeze in around 1,800 tracks. Frustratingly, to access the phone's memory card slot, you will need to remove the back using the battery cover switches. Thankfully the slot is not under the battery itself meaning the phone doesn't need to be switched off when inserting or changing cards.

Sony Ericsson W890i Upgraded camera

2008-07-31T08:37:00.000-07:00

Sony Ericsson W890i Upgraded camera

Further W890i enhancements include the upgrade from a two-megapixel camera (with the W880i) to a 3.2-megapixel snapper. This is only the second time Sony Ericsson has included a camera of this scope in any of its Walkman range, the only other being the slightly disappointing W960i. Taking into account the W890i's slim build, this is no mean feat and we were pleased by the results. The large screen helps, but the camera is also fitted with an array of features that will help you capture some cracking pics. Failing that, you can always rely on the handset's PhotoFix function. With the option of correcting your pics either manually or automatically, PhotoFix sharpens up your pictures by adjusting the light, white balance or colour of the original picture. See the PhotoFix pics on this page to see just how much even our amateur photoshop-style handiwork improved the photos.

The Sony Ericsson W890i also comes with a capable video camera. Capable of recording video in QVGA at 30 frames per second (also known as DVD quality), the W890i is a competent mobile camcorder, even though it doesn't have quite the same abilities of the Cyber-shot range.

Sony Ericsson W890i HSDPA internet speeds

2008-07-31T08:35:00.000-07:00

Sony Ericsson W890i HSDPA internet speeds

The W890i is only the second Walkman handset after the W910i to boast HSDPA data download speeds, which is a real boost for web browsing and music downloads. What's more, on-board services like PlayNow and TrackID are instantaneous. Surfing the net is also an absolute joy, with downloads and page content hitting the large two-inch screen at a broadband-like rate. Pages can be viewed in a variety of ways from portrait to landscape - which makes the most of the large screen - or text only.

To test the W890i's internet capabilities, we streamed a number of videos from YouTube and found the videos streamed instantly without any juddering. The handset allows you to play videos in three sizes - original, auto-fit, and fullscreen. And, while the results were impressive enough in each format, we did find the original size provided the best quality of picture. In the larger auto-fit and full-screen modes we found the videos became slightly pixelated.

Sony Ericsson W890i Google Maps

2008-07-31T08:32:00.000-07:00

Sony Ericsson W890i Google Maps

Sony Ericsson has kindly bundled the excellent Google Maps into the W890i. Although the phone is not fitted with a GPS receiver, Google Maps can locate your position to within 1,700 metres. It does this is through cell ID. Using the process of triangulation, Google Maps locates the three nearest cells to you and works out a guestimate of your position.

When testing the service, our position was pinpointed to about two streets away, which won't impress secret service agents, but is pretty good for getting your bearings. You can also do a local search for pubs, restaurants or cafes, plan a route from one postcode to another and receive traffic info. Although navigating via the map view might be more practical, the satellite view has a real novelty factor and we can bank on you zooming into your own back garden with a degree of certainty. If you require a more accurate location of your position via satellite, the GPS Enabler HGE-100 is compatible with the W890i, although this will need to be purchased separately.

Sony Ericsson W890i Are you game?

2008-07-31T08:30:00.000-07:00

Sony Ericsson W890i Are you game?

With the arrival of Nokia's N-Gage gaming arena, games are getting richer, more clever and more popular with mobile users. Not to be outdone, Sony Ericsson has pre-loaded three excellent games on the W890i; SIMS 2, Lumines Block Challenge, and Tennis Multiplay. The strongest of the bunch is arguably the SIMS series - known to millions of PC gamers around the world - which sees you take control of a virtual person or ‘Sim' whom you're responsible for guiding through the trials and tribulations of everyday life. It's like playing God, but without the long hours. Despite being scaled down to mobile format, SIMS 2 loses none of its magic and translates really well to the W890i.

Lumines Block Challenge is a fun, addictive puzzle game of the Tetris mould that also boasts a cracking soundtrack. Sega's Tennis Multiplay (aka Sony Ericsson WTA Tour) sees you take on various female tennis players on the circuit as you strive to better your ranking and stats by winning various tournaments. The game play is engaging enough, while trying to overcome the likes of Lindsay Davenport - helluva backhand - makes Tennis Multiplay a challenging addition to the mobile gaming world.

Sony Ericsson W890i Overall

2008-07-31T08:28:00.000-07:00

Sony Ericsson W890i Overall

The Sony Ericsson W880i was a particular favourite of 3G. Not only did it win Best Music Phone at our annual consumer awards, it was also shortlisted for Phone of the Year.

With the W890i, Sony Ericsson has taken a very good phone and made it great, taking all that was good with the original - its size, its slimline design, its music capabilities, its all-round feature set - and simply created an even better handset.

Thanks to HSDPA, an improved 3.2-megapixel camera, a marathon battery life, Google Maps and a 2GB memory card bundled in for good measure, the Sony Ericsson W890i is a very powerful phone which looks fabulous. We predict greatness.

Nokia 7310 Supernova

2008-07-31T08:26:00.000-07:00

Specifications :

A slim and sleek design with beautiful 3D textures and mirrored surface that can be refreshed to match your personality.

music
Listen to your favourite music with the music player or FM stereo radio with RDS feature that shows you the name of the radio station.

chat
Enjoy real-time chats with pre-installed Mobile QQ* and Yahoo! Go applications – and keep in touch efficiently.
*Service available in China

imaging
With the improved 2 megapixel camera, you can capture quality images and video – then view them later on the large 2” QVGA display or on your TV with the optional TV-out cable connection.

what’s in the box

Nokia 7310 Supernova
Nokia Battery BL-4CT

Sleek. Gorgeous. Refreshing.
A sleek and slim design with colourful exchangeable covers that can be refreshed to mirror your personality and match your social lifestyle.

we all have a story
Let your personality shine through with the colourful and easily exchangeable Xpress-onTM covers.

spark admiration
A slim and sleek design with beautiful 3D textures and mirrored surface that give you a unique look.

set your mood
Enjoy hours of your favourite tracks on the go with an expandable external memory of up to 4 GB with microSD cards.

2008-07-31T08:23:00.000-07:00

Accessories Nokia 7310 Supernova

RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8120 (T-Mobile)

2008-07-01T02:26:00.000-07:00

by Sascha Segan

The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 for T-Mobile is an excellent choice for people who want to try unlimited Wi-Fi calling using the carrier's Hotspot@Home system. The latest and greatest in the BlackBerry Pearl line, this iteration does a little bit of everything, and does it all well. But it really shines as a Wi-Fi phone for folks who think the BlackBerry Curve 8320 is too beefy.

Hotspot@Home is a great service, but it's been plagued with uninspired or buggy phones like the Nokia 6086, the Samsung T409 and the Samsung Katalyst. Ideally, H@H should let you make unlimited calls for $10 per month from wherever you can get a Wi-Fi signal, using your T-Mobile phone number. On our tests, though, non-BlackBerry phones worked reliably only with a T-Mobile-supplied router, which is fine for making calls from home but not as much fun when you're out of the house. (Of course, all the phones use T-Mobile's cellular network when they can't get Wi-Fi.)

Buzz up!on Yahoo! We're happy to say that the 8120 worked equally well with Apple, T-Mobile, and Zyxel routers, adeptly handing off calls back and forth from T-Mobile's cell network without dropping them. Sound quality was very good on both Wi-Fi and cellular calls. Like other recent BlackBerrys, the 8120 sounds loud and clear both coming and going, through the earpiece, the speakerphone, and headsets. In noisy situations, the 8120's mic did transmit background noise, but we could hear the caller's voice over it well enough.

The 8120 has speaker-independent voice dialing and works with both mono and stereo Bluetooth headsets. We got more than 8 hours of talk time in GSM mode, with Wi-Fi on. We've seen better, but this will be fine for most people.

The T-Mobile version of the 8120 may add Wi-Fi calling, but it's no larger than AT&T's Wi-Fi–less Pearl, and it's about the same size as the original Pearl at 3.2 ounces and 4.2 by 2 by 0.6 inches (HWD). It features the same "hybrid" keyboard of somewhat slippery keys with just two letters on each. All Pearls use predictive text software, and the SureType algorithm for guessing words while you type seems to have been improved with this model. On the sides of the phone are camera, volume, and push-to-talk buttons. Smack under the bright, sharp 2.2-inch, 240-by-260-pixel screen is the signature Pearl trackball.

Most Pearl buyers will use the 8120 primarily for two things: calls (over cell or Wi-Fi) and e-mailing/texting. Nothing beats BlackBerrys for a smooth e-mail and SMS experience. You can integrate up to eight e-mail accounts, including both personal and business accounts, using T-Mobile's Web interface, or connect your 8120 to an enterprise server. Text messages appear in a clear, threaded list. The included desktop software syncs contacts, calendars, tasks and notes locally with Outlook or Lotus Notes. There's still no easy way to edit attachments, though you can view most popular file types either in the e-mail program or with the help of the included RepliGo software.
The 8120 surfs the Web using RIM's own browser, which is functional but is starting to look really old. Pages are boiled down to basic collections of text and images, a far cry from the iPhone's desktop-like look. A recent update gave the browser a virtual mouse for selecting links and the ability to zoom out, but it still needs a more advanced rendering engine. Opera Mini 4.1 is a much better option for BlackBerry browsing—and it's free.

Like other recent BlackBerrys, the 8120 is a surprisingly good media player–even outpacing the iPhone on some measures. For instance, it supports stereo Bluetooth as well as standard wired music headphones, and it plays MP3, AAC, and even WMA music files. There's no iTunes integration, alas. You have to drop your music onto a microSD card (a SanDisk 8GB card worked fine) that fits into a slot on the 8120's side. Since the phone has Mass Storage mode, you can plug it into your PC using an ordinary mini-USB cable. Video in MPEG-4 or 3GP formats plays smoothly on the tiny screen.

T-Mobile has loaded in several other useful apps that are missing from AT&T's 8120. Most notably, there's a full array of high-quality instant-messaging clients, including AIM, Google Talk, MSN, and Yahoo!. The AIM app shows your full buddy list (not just the "mobile" buddies) and even lets you send pictures.
The demo copy of the Asphalt3 driving game, though, shows one of the weaknesses of the BlackBerry platform. The game is jerky, with blocky graphics that reflect the BlackBerrys' poor scores on our JBenchmark Java tests, which is puzzling considering their relatively powerful 312-MHz processors. RIM needs to shape up its devices' Java performance if it wants to be a serious gaming platform.

The 2-megapixel camera is best for outdoor shots. Like the one on the AT&T 8120, it had a serious problem with blur in low light but handled outdoor conditions well. As with the AT&T 8120 and the Verizon and Sprint 8130 models, the T-Mobile 8120 has a lackluster video-recording mode that takes jerky, 12-frame-per-second, 240-by-180 videos.

The BlackBerry Curve 8320 is still our favorite T-Mobile smartphone. It has almost all of the 8120's features, including Wi-Fi calling, plus a bigger screen and a full keyboard. But the 8120's petite form and lower price will appeal to folks who may not have been looking for a smartphone, and who want to make calls using Hotspot@Home. It's an excellent choice.