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AT&TiPhone 3GS
The iPhone 3GS is the best overall smartphone you can buy. It's really that simple. Best user interface, best internet, best apps, best media support?the list goes on. Okay, not the best network, but nothing's perfect. $199
BlackBerry Bold 9700
I miss the original BlackBerry Bold's king-sized keyboard, but the Bold 9700squeezes the best of the BlackBerry for CEOs into an impressively tight form factor?faux leather back included?making it very possibly the best BlackBerry you can buy. $10Bonus: Nokia e71x
It's free, and an actually good smartphone?my favorite Nokia phone on the planet.Free
VerizonDroid
It's a terminator. A huge, disgustingly high-res screen, Batman-worthy industrial design, and the full power of Android 2.0 make it the best phone on Verizon?and the fact that it's running on arguably the best network in the US make it the second best smartphone you can buy, period. $150
BlackBerry Tour
Sure, it's notorious for trackball problems and it's missing Wi-Fi, but this is the BlackBerry of choice for email warriors if they're not on AT&T or T-Mobile?and it sure as hell beats anything running Windows Mobile. $50Bonus: Droid Eris
If you're desperate to save $100 over the Droid, the Droid Eris will run Android 2.0 soon enough, and is smoother, smaller, and friendlier, if a little blander. $100
SprintPalm Pre
The Pre offers one of the best user experiences of any smartphone with Palm's webOS, and it's probably the best phone on Sprint, hardware build issues and comparatively dinky App Catalog aside. $80
HTC Hero
The best Android phone not running Android 2.0, HTC's Sense UI makes the sometimes confusing Android interface more digestible and has a few nifty tricks of its own, like integrated social networking. $100Bonus: There is none. The Pixi's close ($25), but the fact that you can get the Pre for nearly as cheap undercuts a lot of the value, as much as we like the design and form factor.
T-MobileMotorola Cliq
Motorola's other Android phone is gussied up with Blur, a custom interface that's bright and friendly, with widgets for keeping track of everything happening on your social network. It's our favorite Android phone on T-Mobile. $100
Unlocked iPhone
No, I'm not kidding. A jailbroken and unlocked iPhone, even without 3G powers, is the second best smartphone you can use on T-Mobile.Bonus: BlackBerry Bold 9700
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 is the first BlackBerry with 3G on T-Mobile, which is reason enough, really, but it's good the reasons listed above, too. $130
Send an email to matt buchanan, the author of this post, at matt@gizmodo.com.
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Gizmodo: The Best Smart Phones on Every Carrier
http://gizmodo.com/5411351/the-best-smartphones-on-every-carrier/
For the first time ever, every major carrier in the US actually has smartphones worth buying, meaning you don't have to break up to get a good phone. Here's the best phones on each one, along with the best deals.If you hate the gallery format, click here.All pricing shown is with a new 2-year contract, and some deals may be temporary.
AT&TiPhone 3GSThe iPhone 3GS is the best overall smartphone you can buy. It's really that simple. Best user interface, best internet, best apps, best media support?the list goes on. Okay, not the best network, but nothing's perfect. $199
BlackBerry Bold 9700I miss the original BlackBerry Bold's king-sized keyboard, but the Bold 9700squeezes the best of the BlackBerry for CEOs into an impressively tight form factor?faux leather back included?making it very possibly the best BlackBerry you can buy. $10Bonus: Nokia e71x
It's free, and an actually good smartphone?my favorite Nokia phone on the planet.Free
VerizonDroidIt's a terminator. A huge, disgustingly high-res screen, Batman-worthy industrial design, and the full power of Android 2.0 make it the best phone on Verizon?and the fact that it's running on arguably the best network in the US make it the second best smartphone you can buy, period. $150
BlackBerry TourSure, it's notorious for trackball problems and it's missing Wi-Fi, but this is the BlackBerry of choice for email warriors if they're not on AT&T or T-Mobile?and it sure as hell beats anything running Windows Mobile. $50Bonus: Droid Eris
If you're desperate to save $100 over the Droid, the Droid Eris will run Android 2.0 soon enough, and is smoother, smaller, and friendlier, if a little blander. $100
SprintPalm PreThe Pre offers one of the best user experiences of any smartphone with Palm's webOS, and it's probably the best phone on Sprint, hardware build issues and comparatively dinky App Catalog aside. $80
HTC HeroThe best Android phone not running Android 2.0, HTC's Sense UI makes the sometimes confusing Android interface more digestible and has a few nifty tricks of its own, like integrated social networking. $100Bonus: There is none. The Pixi's close ($25), but the fact that you can get the Pre for nearly as cheap undercuts a lot of the value, as much as we like the design and form factor.
T-MobileMotorola CliqMotorola's other Android phone is gussied up with Blur, a custom interface that's bright and friendly, with widgets for keeping track of everything happening on your social network. It's our favorite Android phone on T-Mobile. $100
Unlocked iPhoneNo, I'm not kidding. A jailbroken and unlocked iPhone, even without 3G powers, is the second best smartphone you can use on T-Mobile.Bonus: BlackBerry Bold 9700
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 is the first BlackBerry with 3G on T-Mobile, which is reason enough, really, but it's good the reasons listed above, too. $130
Send an email to matt buchanan, the author of this post, at matt@gizmodo.com.
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Re: Gizmodo: The Best Smart Phones on Every Carrier
While I'm sure I and everyone else appreciate the link you provide, it's typically in bad taste to copy/paste an entire article. You're taking the author's content and bandwidth (from the pictures), and while you retain their byline, you're taking any potential ad revenue they may get from people actually clicking on the link.
Just an FYI for future reference.
Thanks for the info. Man, that's completely ridiculous, but I appreciate the heads up.
ETA: Nevermind! Gizmodo uses a Creative Commons license. It is in perfect taste and perfectly legal! It's going back up.
Actually, in regards to the CC License, you missed an important part.
"Important Note: this does not include the right to republish images from GM sites, for which GM may not the copyright holder, except in the context of a screenshot of the whole site."
Source: http://advertising.gawker.com/legal/
So while you can legally reproduce the text of the article, you can't reproduce/repost the images in the article.
I still don't get why you'd want to copy/paste the whole article instead of just pointing people to the link and leaving it at that.
But the people to whom the article actually applies - people who might want smart phones, in this case - will probably all click through. That pretty much renders your point moot.
And you still didn't address the issue of the legality of copy/pasting the pictures, even if the text of the article is okay.
ETA: Sorry if I seem like a spoil-sport for bringing the legalese in here, but I want to make sure no one gets in legal trouble. That, and I don't get the point of copy/pasting the article when you could just as easily post a link.
I clicked-through before realizing it was copied and pasted.
Anyhow, thanks for posting this! I'm phone shopping and this was great!