The spotlight this week may be pointed at the iPhone 3GS—and with good reason—but it’s not the only flavor of smartphone ice cream. Here’s a quick path to more info about all smartphones (and no dumb ones!)
https://gizmodo.com/dumb-cellphones-must-die-5279250
• The four big carriers, the four best smartphone platforms, the best information you’re going to get on the subject anywhere: Smartphone Buyer’s Guide: The Best of the Best
https://gizmodo.com/smartphone-buyers-guide-the-best-of-the-best-5288488
• Got a few smartphones already in mind? We probably reviewed them:
Note: There’s no Nokia Symbian smartphone on this list because at the moment in the US, there’s no handset we feel confident to recommend.
https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-review-5277499
• Since surfing the web is one of the biggest reasons to choose a smartphone—and one of the biggest differentiators between smartphones—it’s worth it to glance over the Mobile Browser Battlemodo, and its little sister, the Windows Mobile Browser Battlemodo.
https://gizmodo.com/mobile-browser-battlemodo-which-phones-deliver-the-rea-5090988
• If you’ve already whittled it down to Palm Pre vs. iPhone 3GS, check out our roundup of reviews and news stories for each: Pre vs. 3GS: How To Make the Right Decision. Or you could just skip to this sweet flowchart.
https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-vs-iphone-3gs-how-to-make-the-right-decision-5294428
• OK, OK, so you’re set on that durned iPhone, but which one? The $99 3G? Or $199 step-up 3GS? $100 is a lot to think about (even if it amounts to less than two months of actual service): 3GS vs 3G Feature Chart Comparison
https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3gs-vs-iphone-3g-feature-chart-comparison-5283468
