Dan Harkless' Smartphones Buying Guide

Functional In U.S. 2.5-3G OS Phone Available In U.S. Battery Fixed Battery Life Color Headset Required Networks OS Version Resolution Touchscreen
? yes Microsoft Smartphone Samsung ? (following their recent naming conventions, it'd be the SGH-i600) no ? ? yes no GSM, GPRS 2002 almost certainly 176x220 but poss. as high as 208x240 no
no no Symbian Nokia 9210 (URL) no no ? 12-bit no 900 / 1800 MHz GSM, HSCSD 6, Series 80 640x200 no
no no Symbian Nokia 9210i (URL) no no ? 12-bit no 900 / 1800 MHz GSM, HSCSD 6, Series 80 640x200 no
no yes Microsoft Pocket PC Mitsubishi Trium Mondo (URL) no ? ? 4-bit greyscale no 900 / 1800 MHz GSM, GPRS 2000? 240x320 yes
no yes Microsoft Pocket PC Sagem WA 3050 (URL) no ? ? 4-bit greyscale no 900 / 1800 MHz GSM, GPRS in some models ? 240x320 yes
no yes Microsoft Pocket PC Siemens SX45i (URL) no ? ? yes yes 900 / 1800 MHz GSM, GPRS ? 240x320 yes
no yes Microsoft Pocket PC Phone Edition Eten InfoTouch P600 (URL) no ? ? yes no 900 / 1800 MHz GSM, GPRS ? 240x320 yes
no yes Microsoft Pocket PC Phone Edition HP Jornada 928 WDA (URL) no ? ? yes no 900 / 1800 MHz GSM, GPRS ? 240x320 yes
no yes Symbian Nokia 7650 (URL) no ? ? yes no 900 / 1800 MHz GSM, HSCSD, GPRS 6.1, Series 60 176x208 no
yes no Palm OS Kyocera QCP 6035 (URL) discontinued no ? no no AMPS, CDMA, PCS 4 160x160 yes
yes no RIM NexTel BlackBerry 6510 (URL) yes ? ? no no iDEN ? 160x100 no
yes no Symbian Nokia 9290 (URL) yes no ? 12-bit no 1900 MHz GSM 6, Series 80 640x200 no
yes yes Danger Danger HipTop (CDMA) (URL) not yet ? ? ? no CDMA 1xRTT ? 240x160 no
yes yes Danger T-Mobile Color Sidekick (URLs: Danger, T-Mobile) yes ? Talk: 3.5 hrs., Standby: 60 hrs. 16-bit no GSM, GPRS (T-Mobile) ? 240x160 no
yes yes Danger T-Mobile Sidekick (discontinued) / Triton PCS SunCom hiptop (URL) discontinued / yes ? Talk: 3 hrs., Standby: 60 hrs. 4-bit greyscale no GSM, GPRS (T-Mobile, Triton PCS) ? 240x160 no
yes yes Linux Motorola A760 (URLs: infoSync #1, infoSync #2) not yet (Asian release in Q3 2003, with U.S. and European releases "to follow") ? ? yes no GSM, GPRS ? ? yes
yes yes Microsoft Pocket PC Audiovox Thera (URL) / Toshiba [PS]2032 yes yes Talk: 90 min., Standby: 8 hrs. yes no, but this post claims that due to excessive radiation, the FCC only approved it for headset or speakerphone use 800 / 1900 MHz CDMA, CDMA 1xRTT (Sprint, Verizon) ? 240x320 yes
yes yes Microsoft Pocket PC Phone Edition HP iPAQ h5000 series: CDMA version (URL) no (plans for a CDMA version just speculation by infoSync?) yes (new battery technology?) yes ? CDMA, CDMA 1xRTT ? 240x320 yes
yes yes Microsoft Pocket PC Phone Edition HP iPAQ h5000 series: GSM version (URL) not yet yes (new battery technology?) yes ? GSM 3-band, GPRS ? 240x320 yes
yes yes Microsoft Pocket PC Phone Edition Hitachi G1000 (AKA SH-G1000, AKA NC1?) Multimedia Communicator Pocket PC (URLs: bargainPDA, Hitachi, infoSync, pdaPhoneHome, Pocket PC Central, Pocket PC Magazine, Sprint PCS, Sprint PCS for Business) yes no Talk: ~2.5 hrs., Standby: 7 days, PDA: ~12 hrs. 16-bit no CDMA, CDMA 1xRTT (Sprint) 2002 (with reportedly no 2003 upgrade path) 240x320 yes
yes yes Microsoft Pocket PC Phone Edition HTC Falcon (URL) not yet ? ? 12-bit no 800 / 1900 MHz CDMA, CDMA 1xRTT ? 240x320 yes
yes yes Microsoft Pocket PC Phone Edition HTC XDA (URL) / O2 XDA (URL) / T-Mobile Germany MDA (URL) / T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition / AT&T Siemens SX56 (URL) / QTek 1010 yes yes ? (external extended battery available) yes no GSM (U.S. or Europe versions -- no 3-band), GPRS (T-Mobile, AT&T) 2002 240x320 yes
yes yes Microsoft Pocket PC Phone Edition HTC XDA2? (URL) / T-Mobile MDA 2? (URLs: infoSync, pdaPhoneHome) by the end of 2003 ? ? 16-bit no GSM 3-band, GPRS (T-Mobile) 2003 240x320 yes
yes yes Microsoft Pocket PC Phone Edition Samsung SPH-i700 (URLs: bargainPDA, pdaPhoneHome, Pocket PC Thoughts) Sprint: not until October - December 2003; Verizon: yes (possibly not in all markets?) no "Standby Time - Up to 240 Hours, Usage Time - Up to 250 Minutes" per Verizon 16-bit no Sprint: AMPS(?), 800(?) / 1900 MHz CDMA, CDMA 1xRTT; Verizon: 800 / 1900(?) MHz CDMA, CDMA 1xRTT Sprint: 2003; Verizon: 2002 now, with 2003 upgrade coming (around release of the Sprint version) 240x320 yes
yes yes Microsoft Pocket PC Phone Edition Samsung SGH-i700 (URLs: infoSync, Nexave) no (European release Q3 2003) no ? 16-bit no 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz GSM, GPRS ? 240x320 yes
yes yes Microsoft Pocket PC Phone Edition Samsung SPH-M400 (URL) no ? ? 16-bit no CDMA, CDMA 1xEvDO (currently only deployed in South Korea) 2002 240x320 yes
yes yes Microsoft Smartphone Samsung SCH-i600 no (some rumors that it's been cancelled) ? ? yes no 800 / 1900 MHz CDMA, CDMA 1xRTT (Verizon) 2002 176x220 no
yes yes Microsoft Smartphone Sendo Z100 (URL) cancelled (after Microsoft reportedly leaked details about Sendo's strategy to its competitors) ? ? yes no GSM 3-band, GPRS 2002 176x220 no
yes yes Microsoft Windows CE .NET BSQUARE Power Handheld reference design (URL) no ? 1900 mAh "for hours of continuous web browsing" 16-bit no GSM dual-band, GPRS ? 640x480 yes
yes yes Palm OS Handspring Treo 180 / 180g (URL) discontinued yes ? 4-bit greyscale no 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz GSM, GRPS 3.5.2H 160x160 yes
yes yes Palm OS Handspring Treo 270 (URL) yes yes ? 12-bit no 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz GSM, GRPS (Cingular, T-Mobile) 3.5.2H 160x160 yes
yes yes Palm OS Handspring Treo 300 (URLs: Handspring, Sprint) yes yes "Up to 2.5 hours talk time, 150 hours standby time" per Handspring; "Approximately 3 hours talk time or up to 5 days of stand-by and 11 hours of palm" per Sprint 12-bit no 1900 MHz CDMA, CDMA 1xRTT (Sprint only -- Verizon uses 800 MHz) 3.5.2H6.0 160x160 yes
yes yes Palm OS Handspring Treo 600: CDMA version (URL) September / October 2003 yes Talk: 5 hrs.; optional +4 hr. external battery pack will be available 3375 colors (between 11- and 12-bit)? no 800 / 1900 MHz CDMA, CDMA 1xRTT (Sprint initially; Verizon later?) 5 160x160 yes
yes yes Palm OS Handspring Treo 600: GSM version (URL) some time after the CDMA version yes Talk: 6 hrs. GSM; optional +4 hr. external battery pack will be available 3375 colors (between 11- and 12-bit)? no "quad-band GSM / GPRS" (unsubsidized / carrier-neutral) 5 160x160 yes
yes yes Palm OS Kyocera 7135 (URL) yes no Talk: up to 3.5 hrs., Standby: up to 160 hrs. 16-bit no AMPS, CDMA, PCS, CDMA 1xRTT (ALLTEL now; reportedly Sprint and Verizon later) 4.1 160x160 yes
yes yes Palm OS Palm Tungsten W (URL) yes no "up to 10 hours of talk time and plenty of standby time" 16-bit yes (or get the carrying case accessory to be available which has a speaker and mic goofily built into its face) 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz GSM, GPRS (AT&T) 4.1 320x320 yes
yes yes Palm OS Samsung [MITs] SGH-i500 (URLs: Palm, PalmInfoCenter) no (European release Q3 2003?) no ? 16-bit no 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz GSM, GPRS 5.2 162x176 (Palm OS apps see 160x160), and "support" (in future models??) for 324x352 (Palm OS apps seeing 320x320) -- German user group confirmed prototype running at 324x352 yes
yes yes Palm OS Samsung SPH-i300 (URL) yes no In digital mode, Talk: ~4 hrs., Standby: 100 hrs. yes no AMPS, PCS (Sprint only) 3.5.2? 160x240 yes
yes yes Palm OS Samsung SPH-i330 (URLs: Samsung, Sprint) yes no In digital mode, Talk: ~2.5 hours, Standby: up to 4 days yes no AMPS, CDMA, CDMA 1xRTT (Sprint) 3.5.3 160x240 yes
yes yes Palm OS Samsung SPH-i500 (URLs: Samsung) yes no ? 16-bit no CDMA, CDMA 1xRTT (Sprint) 4.1 162x176 (Palm OS apps see 160x160) yes
yes yes RIM RIM BlackBerry 5810 (URL) yes ? ? no yes 1900 MHz GSM, GPRS ? 160x100 no
yes yes RIM RIM BlackBerry 6210 (URL) yes ? Talk: up to 5 hours, Standby: up to 12 days no no 900 / 1900 MHz GSM, GPRS (T-Mobile) ? 160x100? no
yes yes Symbian Motorola Paragon II (URL) Q4 2003? ? ? 16-bit no 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz GSM, HSCSD, GPRS, 2100 MHz WCDMA 7 208x320 yes
yes yes Symbian Nokia 3650 (URL) yes no Talk: up to 2-4 hrs., Standby: up to 150-200 hrs. yes no 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz GSM, HSCSD, GPRS (AT&T) 6.1, Series 60 176x208 no
yes yes Symbian Samsung SGH-D700 (URLs: infoSync) no (European release Q3 2003) ? ? 16-bit no 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz GSM, GPRS? Series 60 176x208 ?
yes yes Symbian Sony Ericsson P800 (URL) yes no ? yes no 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz GSM, HSCSD, GPRS 7 208x320 yes
yes yes Symbian Sony Ericsson P810? / P900? (URL) by the end of 2003 ? ? 16-bit no 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz GSM, HSCSD?, GPRS 7.0s UIQ 2.1 208x320? yes

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