As you may have noticed if you’ve leafed through a SkyMall catalog or walked into a Brookstone store lately, there are a lot of stupid gadgets out there. If someone can make a buck off it, it will be built. (And as the recent bankruptcy of Sharper Image proves, sometimes even that isn’t a prerequisite.) But before you write off the premise of better life through gadgets entirely based on your experiences with an ionic air purifier and a battery-powered margarita blender, take a look at the more practical side of gadgetry. We’ve rounded up a few of the most downright useful technologies out there. If you haven’t already gotten on board with some of them, we’ll try our best to make you reconsider.
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10 Best iPhone Alternatives
High-priced plans, dropped calls and bumpy 3G connections? Now that the glimmer has faded, the iPhone is starting to fall short of its miracle status. Good thing for us there are plenty of other mobile handsets eager to step up and feed our desire for smartphone bliss.
LG Prada 2, Price: TBD
Update to the popular high-end smartphone. Touchscreen up front, slide out keyboard below. 5 megapixel camera, full HTML browser and Wi-Fi. Price TBD. Available by year’s end. www.pradaphonebylg.com
Samsung Instinct, $279
A solid 3G iPhone alternative on Sprint. Full touchscreen, 2.0 megapixel camera, traditional HTML browser and GPS. Read our Samsung Instinct review. www.samsunginstinct.com
BlackBerry Bold
When the usually quiet labs up at Canada’s Research in Motion creak open their doors and slip out a new BlackBerry model, people pay attention. From suit-clad politicians and corporate CEOs, to celebrities and ultra-connected teenagers, the brand has grown a cult-like following for its workhorse productivity phones, and new models never fail to make waves among the faithful.
Its latest model, the BlackBerry Bold, also known as the BlackBerry 9000, has been no exception. Besides further refining BlackBerry’s almost-iconic packaging and style, the Bold is the first ever BlackBerry to offer HSDPA (3G) Internet, finally giving BlackBerry fans a more robust surfing experience to accompany the full-featured e-mail service they’ve held dear for years.
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