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The Palm Pre Plus earns its place as the top WebOS device, improving on the Pre with a better design and performance, and upgraded features. Verizon customers looking for a versatile smartphone to balance their personal and work lives will be well-served by the Pre Plus.

Manufacturers: Palm On: Jul 9, 2010 Hit: 147

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Palm Pre smartphone. Announced 2009, Februray. Features 3G, TFT capacitive touchscreen, 3.15 MP camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth.

Manufacturers: Palm On: May 12, 2010 Hit: 91

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Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile smartphone. Announced 2008, August. Features 3G, TFT resistive touchscreen, 2 MP camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth.

Manufacturers: Palm On: May 12, 2010 Hit: 156

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Despite a couple of design complaints and a missing feature, the Samsung Convoy is an easy-to-use phone with great performance.

Manufacturers: Samsung On: Feb 22, 2010 Hit: 492

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The Samsung Highlight doesn't offer anything you haven't seen before, but it works quite well as an entry-level touch-screen phone.

Manufacturers: Samsung On: Feb 28, 2010 Hit: 656

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While the Nokia N97 is packed with features and offers the freedom of an unlocked phone, its clunky touch interface, sky-high price tag, and outdated operating system make it hard to recommend when there are better touch-screen smartphones on the market.

Manufacturers: Nokia On: Mar 3, 2010 Hit: 851

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Samsung T746 Impact phone. Announced 2009, June. Features 3G, TFT touchscreen, 3.15 MP camera, Bluetooth.

Manufacturers: Samsung On: May 5, 2010 Hit: 530

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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Android smartphone. Announced 2009, November. Features 3G, TFT capacitive touchscreen, 8 MP camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth.

Manufacturers: Sony Ericsson On: May 7, 2010 Hit: 4432

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