Wireless

PDAs

RIM BlackBerry 7290 Phone (Cingular) The 7290 follows the standard BlackBerry form factor-- a large 240 x 160 color screen placed above a QWERTY thumbpad. The screen offers plenty of real estate to view your emails, web browser content, messaging sessions and attachments. The popular BlackBerry user interface is here, too, which makes it easy to navigate the phone's functions. A jog dial is located on the right side of the unit for quick scrolling through menus and emails. There's also a standard 2.5mm headset jack that can be used with the included headset. A removable lithium-ion battery is housed in the rear of the unit.

RIM BlackBerry 7230 Phone (T-Mobile) I bought this primarily to check my e-mail, and was pleased with how small the product was. This didn't make typing easy, but none of the messages I had to send were particularly long, and whatever annoyance this caused was made up for by how easy everything was to use.

Kyocera 7135 PDA Phone (Verizon Wireless) The 7135 is a flip phone on steroids. The 160 x 160 color screen dominates the top portion of the phone, while a handwriting entry area and keypad are housed in the unit's lower clamshell. The top right side of the unit houses the antenna while data and charging ports are housed on the unit's bottom edge. A stereo headphone jack is included on the left side and an SD memory expansion card slot is contained in the battery compartment. A stylus can be stowed in the unit, as well.

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