All Phones Thursday: AT&T Loosens Up And Android Continues On War Path
October 8 2009 Categorized Under: Cell Phones Tags; 1.6, 2012, 3g, acer, android, apple, at-t, ceatec, concept phones, dell, docomo, donut, dragon, e72, forecast, fujitsu, g1, gartner, google voice, hd2, htc, iphone, mini 3i, moment, more tree, motorola, mytouch 3g, neotouch, nokia, ntt, phone, phones, pure, qualcomm, rumor, samsung, sharp, sholes, smartphones, snapdragon, sprint, spy shots, t-mobile, tao, tilt 2, toshiba, touch wood, verizon, voip 2 Commented
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There was a time, not too long ago, when smartphones meant bulky phones with QWERTY keypads, clumsy UI, limited features and sky-high price tags. Not much has changed on the price tag side but the bulk is considerably lower now and the various UIs on the market are going from great to greater. Plus the features have pretty much hit the other side of limited in this category. So I thought it right to start a weekly section that cuts through all the noise and brings you the main stories that you need to hear.