Blackberry Bold 9000

The Blackberry Bold offers both style and performance under one roof. It has a wide range of functions for both the businessman and the fun guy. Offers a 2.6 inch display screen with the classic blackberry 360 degree “pearl” scrolling mechanism. Has standard 1 GB of memory with a SDHC chip with up to 8 MB of memory. Although you are able to surf the web regardless of your location it is Wi-Fi compatible as well as blue tooth compatible. Offers a 2MP camera with LED flash capable of taking videos. 

Price: $199

Samsung Instinct 

The Samsung Instinct aka the iPhone killer lives up to its name. It offers threaded text messaging, GPS with turn by turn navigation, live search for any sort of business, visual voice mail, and music player. Contains a 2 MP camera with video-length functions and fully functional touch screen. The phone comes with Sprints mandatory “All-everything” plan with unlimited full Internet service. Along with high speed Internet comes weather and sports updates from day-by-day to play-by-play. This phone truly does have it all, and for only $99 a month it is well worth it to a person who uses its features to full extent. 

Price: $199

G1 Phone

The T-Mobile G1 features a full QWERTY keyboard, 3G support, Wi-Fi, GPS, and Blue tooth. The Google android operation system offers integration with Google applications as well as access to the Amazon MP3 store and You Tube. Offers a multi-functional touch screen with some pretty darn cool features that you may just have to see for yourself. This phone really lives up to its name as a phone unlike any other. Touch screen slides out to reveal the QWERTY keyboard for both convenience and style. 

Price: $179

Apple iPhone 3Gs

Well what is there to say about the Apple iPhone that doesn’t blow one’s mind? Not a whole lot. For merely $200 you can have Apple’s star creation. The iPhone’s got it all…literally. Full service internet that is so fast it makes you feel like your on an actual mac computer with full integration of the humungous touchscreen. It contains threaded SMS messaging, high quality video shooting and editing features, 3 MP camera and voice control. With a touch of a box you can turn this phone into your iPod, compass, search engine, blue tooth device, or GPS. And even if this phone doesn’t have what you need to start, there is the famous app store which allows you to turn your phone into basically anything, from an xbox to a slot machine to a stethoscope (you know, the thing doctors use to listen to your heart) Ya this phone can actually do that…amazing. 

Price: $199

Palm Pre

Surprisingly no, it is not the iPhone at the #1 spot. I introduce to you the Palm Pre, a phone so in sync with your life it feels like it’s thinking ahead for you. Pre becomes your best friend, helping you with your calendar dates or delivering incoming messages and notifications in an intuitively subtle way, letting you react or respond however you want. The messaging engine in this phone is stellar as well. Thanks to Palm Synergy, your conversations with the same person are grouped together in one chat-style view. Which means even if it started in IM, for example, you can reply with text. You can also see who’s online right from Contacts, and strike up a conversation with just one touch. Take great pictures with the built-in camera and flash. Watch video and buy songs from the Amazon MP3 store and listen using the built-in music player. Plus, use the Palm media sync feature to transfer your DRM-free iTunes music, videos, and photos to your Pre. See the special thing about the Palm Pre that separates it from all these other smart phones is its unique ability to have multiple applications open at once. It uses Activity Cards, flip through your email, maps, photos, websites, whatever by moving them around or even throwing them away off screen. Another neat trick that the Pre offers is the way that it is charged. You plug the stone charger into the wall and without any cords put your Pre next to it and it will be held against the wall by a magnet and once again, no cords. It won’t take you long after this phone gets into your hands for you to realize that what you have will, without a doubt, change the way you live. And now for this reason among many others the Palm Pre upsets the new iPhone 3Gs and takes over the #1 spot on the top 5 smart phones of summer ‘09

Price: $299