T-Mobile Phones

It's a contract-free device with an okay set of features.

It's one of the best Android devices -- just don't expect true innovation.

The beautiful design, sharp display and light-sucking camera are exceptional, with small gripes in the interface and lack of a microSD slot.

New software meets the old keyboard you missed.

If you have to bet the farm, the Z10 is a great device to do it on.

T-Mobile has an all-around device, if you're willing to give Windows a try.

If you love Android, this is the phone to get -- Jelly Bean is fantastic and best of all, it's affordable. But wait -- where's the 4G?

Great design, but mediocre components.

Beats Audio and the cheaper price make it a decent Windows device, but otherwise, Nokia is the better choice.

One of the better QWERTYs and misleading 4G speeds make it a decent mid-range device.

Despite no contracts, avoid its awful camera and outdated software. You can do better.

It's not easy to hold, but it's the best phablet out there.

It's a superb all-around device and the Android phone to beat.

It takes a while to get used to the 5.8-inch display, but the bigger features more than make up for it.

It's a lot like the X -- a great camera and music, but with a few more drawbacks.

The BlackBerry Curve 9360 takes baby steps in the right direction, but it's severely outdated compared to the iPhone and Android, with a noticeable deficiency of apps.

What do you want out of a smartphone? Same thing you had in the past, wrapped up in a new box? Or do you demand innovation, new features -- phones that give you something you've never had -- that you never even knew you wanted?

Fast hardware, smooth software makes it the Android phone to beat.

It's fast, and the best BlackBerry yet, but alas -- avoid it unless you need a phone now.

The Motorola Charm is probably the closest you're ever going to get to owning an Android phone that looks like a BlackBerry.

Samsung's new touch screen Galaxy smartphone is one of the handsets in the pack still chasing the iPhone. And despite innovations on Apple's new iPhone, the Galaxy is an example of how some phones are getting more competitive with the iconic device. The Vibrant reviewed here is T-Mobile's version of the Samsung Galaxy, and AT&T is also offering it as the Captivate. Verizon's version is called the Fascinate and Sprint's, the Epic.

The HTC HD2 is bigger than many smartphones you may expect, but the 4.3-inch screen best displays what the phone is good at: showing movies, downloading e-books and typing messages with the swiftest new thing in keypads -- Swype.

The Motorola Cliq from T-Mobile is designed for you if you have a giant circle of friends -- by keeping you connected with every little detail about each contact throughout the day. Using a Motorola technology called "MotoBlur," the Cliq streamlines social updates, emails, text, multimedia and instant messages -- plus photos, contacts and other items into one inbox, allowing you to pick which items appear on your home screen.

The T-Mobile Dash 3G is update to the original Dash -- a smartphone with a low-level 1.3-megapixel camera, an awkwardly designed keypad and not-so-modern design. The handset offers a better camera, more business-friendly design and more features, plus high-speed Internet, multiple messaging options, and a Web2go package for searching, shopping, reading and watching what's new.

T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon all released HTC's popular Touch Pro2. It offers a large touch screen, great 3.2-megapixel camera and a revolutionary dual-microphone, dual-speaker with "Straight Talk" technology for boardroom-like conference calling.

The Nokia 7510, offered by T-Mobile, is a well-made basic phone. The clamshell is best if you want a streamlined phone without flashy extras -- providing a camera that records still photos and video, a music player and FM radio. While the 7510 is a mid-range phone, Nokia added three changeable covers to rotate and match your mood. Unfortunately, the covers are difficult to remove, so changing the color at a moment's notice may get frustrating.

With a high-quality touch screen and Google's much-anticipated Android software, the G1 holds a lot of promise to change the way people use smartphones. Made by HTC and sold through T-Mobile, the G1 is the first phone to run on Android. In addition, the phone features some impressive hardware to match -- a touch screen that responds smoothly and quickly and a keyboard.

The Sony Ericsson TM506 stands out as a basic cell phone with traits that many others lack: it feels solidly constructed, and the design is sleek and aesthetically pleasing. The TM506 also works on T-Mobile's 3G network, so users get faster download speeds for media and other online content.

How can so much music come out of such a little phone? Somewhere out there, a Nokia engineer or two must know the answer, because the 5310 manages to cram a whole lot of sound into quite a small package. Designed around the MP3/phone fusion experience, the 5310 presents a convenient size and shape for an excellent auditory experience.

The durable 5300 XpressMusic is for you if you're looking for a music phone. Rather than a slim design, Nokia crafted the 5300 to put functionality first, over form. Offered by T-Mobile, it sports a 2-inch screen, 1.3-megapixel camera and camcorder, music player and FM radio -- all function without sliding the phone open. For usability, its screen features buttons on either side -- on the left to control the music player and on the right turn on the camera, adjust the zoom and function as the volume control.