iPhone, Droid X, EVO 4G, Samsung Captivate & Vibrant Top PCMag's Picks

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TopTenBestCoolestSmarpthones2010.jpgIn our final round-up of the top ten coolest best smartphones of 2010, we reviewed Sascha Segan's choices at PCMag.  Previously, we looked at the top best lists from PCWorld, Consumer Reports, ZDNet, Top 10 Reviews and Laptop.

Segan's picks can be summarized as a mix of the top models of iPhone, Droid, Samsung Galaxy S, BlackBerry and the now defunct Windows Mobile.

Here's PCMag's Top Ten Best Smartphones:

  • iPhone 4 (Rated 4.5) AT&T - reviewers called it "the best iPhone, yet or ever," and slightly ahead of the superphone pack. 
  • Droid X (Rated 4.5) Verizon - called excellent and one of the hottest phones of the summer.  The 4.3-inch (WVGA 854 x 480) touchscreen is referred to as gorgeous, beautiful and a knockout.
  • HTC EVO 4G (Rated 4) Sprint - with WiMAX high-speed
    data, video viewing, huge 4.3" touchscreen.  Features of HTC EVO 4G include an 8-megapixel
    video-capture-capable camera and a front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera for
    video chat.
  • Samsung Captivate (Rated 4) AT&T - reviewers all agreed that the Captivate captivates and called it the best Android smartphone at AT&T in August.
  • Samsung Vibrant (Rated 4) T-Mobile - the most praised features of the Samsung Vibrant are the super AMOLED touchscreen, preloaded entertainment (Avatar movie and SIM 3 game) and synching abilities.
  • DROID Incredible (Rated 4.5) Verizon - Android smartphone with the full bells and
    whistles of an 8-megapixel camera (with LED flash), 8 Gigabytes of
    onboard storage, 3.7" OLED touchscreen, GPS, social-sync, FM radio and
    Bluetooth.
  • iPhone 3GS (Rated 4.5) AT&T - last year's top iPhone, which is still selling well this year.
  • BlackBerry Bold 9700 (Rated 4) AT&T, T-Mobile - reviewers liked the brilliant display, 3.5 mm headphone jack and fabulous
    messaging capabilities.  The call quality, media playing, photo quality
    and video capture were rated well.
  • Palm Pre Plus (Rated 4) Verizon - 3. Palm Pre Plus - runs the first smartphone  operating system to gather all information and unify it in one place, webOS. Reviewers of the Palm Pre Plus, a portrait slider smartphones all agreed that the webOS, Synergy and web browsing on the Palm Pre Plus are great. 
  • HTC HD2 (Rated 4) T-Mobile - when it came out in April, it was the first smartphone to have a 4.3-inch touchscreen, later found in the HTC EVO 4G.

We already released a sneak peek on Friday of our results.  Since then, we added the tie-breaker from Brighthand.  Watch for Wirless and Mobile News Top Ten Best Coolest Smartphones of 2010 Review of Reviews coming Sunday December 19..

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