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Meet the touchscreen contenders. Top row, from left to right: Apple iPhone 3GS,
T-Mobile myTouch 3G, HTC Hero, Palm Pre, Nokia N97. Bottom row, from left to
right: Apple iPhone 3G, Samsung Galaxy,Nokia 5530, Samsung Omnia II and HTC Touch Pro2.

We pitted ten recently announced touchscreen handhelds against each other to see how they would match up. Then we compiled a series of three comparison charts to help you decide whether an HTC HERO with a 5-megapixel camera suits you better than, say, a NOKIA N97 with a stereo FM receiver. The charts provide quick answers to questions such as these: Which smartphones have on-screen keyboards and which have hardware keyboards? Which touchscreens are best at multimedia? How much does each one cost?

The first chart lists basic specs: manufacturer, carrier, platform, size, weight, type of keyboard, colors, price, availability, and carrier. The second chart identifies the phones' multimedia capabilities (screen resolution, camera image resolution, autofocus, flash, video recording, secondary camera, audio jack, and radio) and navigation smarts (GPS and geotagging). The third chart focuses on storage capacity (on-board and expandable), connectivity (3G, Bluetooth, USB, and Wi-Fi), and battery features (removability, standby time, and talk time).

Basic specs
If you're looking for a slim, pocket-size phone, consider the SAMSUNG GALAXY and the SAMSUNG OMNIA II: With a thickness of just 0.46 inch each, they're the slimmest units in our group, followed closely by the iPHONE 3G and iPHONE 3GS at 0.48 inch each. If you want a colorful phone, your best bet may be the NOKIA 5530, which comes in five color combinations (and also weighs the least of any smartphone here).

htc.com The HTC Touch Pro2 is one of three smartphones that have a full QWERTY keyboard.

Sending e-mail or text messages should be a breeze from any of these smartphones, but only three of them have a full QWERTY keyboard: the Palm Pre, the Nokia N97, and the HTC Touch Pro2. The Palm Pre has the smallest physical keyboard of the three, as it is oriented vertically.

The remaining seven smartphones feature touchscreen keyboards. Though typing on a glass/plastic screen takes some getting used to, your keyboarding speed should improve within a week or two. The software keyboards on the iPhone and Android phones are quite similar, and they are designed to predict (and offer to complete) what you are typing as well as to make corrections.

Most smartphones are available from particular carriers at a much-reduced price when you make a two-year commitment to the carrier's wireless service. The overall cost of ownership thus depends on which call and data plan you choose.

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