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The Samsung Gravity for T-Mobile is a thoroughly average midrange phone with a great keyboard for texting. It's become a best seller recently because of its unbeatable price: With some promotions, it's free with contract. Within T-Mobile's thin choice of cheap QWERTY devices, it's our pick, but it's outmatched by competitors on other wireless carriers.
- Price as Tested: $0.00 - $249.00 List
- Service Provider: T-Mobile
- Operating System: Other
- Screen Size: 2.1 inches
- Screen Details: 176x220, 262k-color TFT LCD screen
- Camera: Yes
- Megapixels: 1.3 MP
- 802.11x: No
- Bluetooth: Yes
- Web Browser: Yes
- Network: GSM
- Bands: 850, 900, 1800, 1900
- High-Speed Data: GPRS, EDGE
If you think today's cell phones aren't manly enough, then take a look at the Motorola Tundra, AT&T's latest handset for the push-to-talk Nextel set. The military-spec-certified Tundra is resistant to dust, rain, humidity, vibration, and extreme temperatures. Motorola claims that dropping this phone isn't a problem either. The Tundra also serves up music and video, and can browse the Web (with an appropriate data plan).
- Price as Tested: $199.00 - $399.00 List
- Service Provider: AT&T
- Operating System: Other
- Screen Size: 2.2 inches
- Screen Details: 240x320-pixel TFT, 262K colors
- Camera: Yes
- Megapixels: 2 MP
- 802.11x: No
- Bluetooth: Yes
- Web Browser: Yes
- Network: GSM
- Bands: 850, 900, 1800, 1900
- High-Speed Data: GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA
- Special Features: Music
T-Mobile has enjoyed a robust smartphone lineup. The original Shadow, released in late 2007, wasn't one of the standouts, however. Its uninspired design and sluggish performance left much to be desired, especially in light of lighter, sleeker smartphones like the BlackBerry Pearl 8120. T-Mobile is up at bat again with a shrewdly updated Shadow—confusingly, also named simply the Shadow. The new one features a more stylish and more organic-looking design, works with T-Mobile's solid, UMA-based Unlimited Hotspot Calling service, and has a slightly faster CPU.
- Price as Tested: $149.00 Street
- Service Provider: T-Mobile
- Operating System: Windows Mobile Pocket PC
- Screen Size: 2.2 inches
- Screen Details: 240x320-pixel TFT, 262K colors
- Camera: Yes
- Megapixels: 2 MP
- 802.11x: Yes
- Bluetooth: Yes
- Web Browser: Yes
- Network: GSM
- Bands: 850, 900, 1800, 1900
- High-Speed Data: GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA
- Processor Speed: 260 MHz
- Special Features: Music
