Which Smartphone is For You?

Michael Arrington

J. Michael Arrington (born March 13, 1970 in Huntington Beach, California) is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of TechCrunch, a blog covering startups and technology news. Arrington attended Claremont McKenna College (BA Economics, 1992) and Stanford Law School (JD, 1995) and practiced as a corporate and securities lawyer at two law firms: O’Melveny & Myers and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich... → Learn More

Sunday, November 5th, 2006

The CrunchGear team published a very detailed comparison of the major Smartphone choices to help first time buyers make the right choice. This is the first of many product comparison research posts that the team is working on.

They compare the top seven current smartphones. The phone I use, the Motorola Q, is included. Frankly, it was a poor choice and at this point I wish I had just bought a Blackberry or a Treo. The keys on the Q are too small, and the user interface could not be more poorly designed. I keep dropping the damn thing hoping it will break (giving me the excuse I need to buy a new phone), but it’s a sturdy little phone. We’ll see how it does with the “oops, I dropped it in the toilet” test.

CrunchGear also posted on “Ten Things I Hate About Smartphones,” another good resource for buyers.

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