Consumer Reports picks the Samsung Blackjack II as the top smartphone

Odd selection of phones reviewed: What rationale did they use to not review things like the Bold or the HTC Touch Diamond/Pro? The Storm I could understand since it just came out but those other phones have been huge sellers and came out months ago.

I can't give you a top 5 because, unlike you, I don't own 50 phones! However, I'm still extremely happy with my HTC Touch Diamond. I've recently been playing around with flashing new ROMs and if the device was great before, it is even better now. The great thing is that HTC actually encourages these custom ROMs. What a different attitude compared to a [url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=2652] certain company that shall remain nameless![/url]

The one addition that I couldn't live without is the TouchPal keyboard. Again, what a concept that a company will allow you to replace built-in functionality with superior 3rd party products! While the built in keyboards are adequate, even the free version of TouchPal is fantastic. Not only does it guess at what letters you were trying to hit which is now basic functionality, it supports many gestures so you rarely have to hit extra keys or move to a different keyboard to get capital letters, punctuation, or numbers. I've had the mispleasure of using an iPhone keyboard and TouchPal completely blows it away.; Posted by: NonZealot Posted on: 12/16/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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