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Consumer Reports Shouldn't Review Cellphones Anymore [Consumer Reports]
gizmodo.com - 12/17/2008
Consumer Reports Shouldn't Review Cellphones Anymore [Consumer Reports]
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Consumer Reports' picks for top five smartphones confirms they're woefully out of touch. Four of the five are Windows Mobile phones from last year , and the sole BlackBerry is the worst RIM offers. Uhhhh, WTF? Here's the list, provided by jkOnTheRun: 1. Samsung Blackjack II 2. T-Mobile Wing ...

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Consumer Reports picks the Samsung Blackjack II as the top smartphone | Smartphones and Cell Phones
blogs.zdnet.com - 12/16/2008
Consumer Reports picks the Samsung Blackjack II as the top smartphone | Smartphones and Cell ...
— blogs.zdnet.com — December 16th, 2008 Consumer Reports picks the Samsung Blackjack II as the top smartphone Posted by Matthew Miller @ 4:30 am Categories: Android , Windows Mobile , T-Mobile , Sprint , AT&T , Verizon , iPhone , HTC , Apple , LG , Samsung Tags: Consumer ... (more) Consumer Reports picks the Samsung Blackjack II as ...

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Consumer Reports top 5 smartphones will surprise you
jkontherun.com - 12/16/2008
Consumer Reports top 5 smartphones will surprise you
— jkontherun.com — Consumer Reports is a great publication, online or print, that does a very thorough job testing, rating and reporting on various consumer products.  They usually are good at defining what is important to the consumer and designing criteria ... (more) Consumer Reports top 5 smartphones will surprise you

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Smartphone Ratings - Consumer Reports
mobilegadgetnews.com - 12/17/2008
Smartphone Ratings - Consumer Reports
— mobilegadgetnews.com — Smartphone Ratings - Consumer Reports The January 2009 issue of Consumer Reports is out now, and it features several articles on cell phones and cell phone deals. On page 38, CR ranks available Smartphones. The phones were rated on 17 criteria, ... (more) Smartphone Ratings - Consumer Reports

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Consumer Reports: BlackJack II is best smartphone
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... review cellphones." It's not that CR is making mainstream-oriented choices at the expense of the geeky toys that gadget bloggers might love: its just out of touch. I suspected that it thinks that the feature list is the soul of a cellphone—an approach which will be less helpful to readers the more software provision and interface design become central to the experience—but man, this top list is simply baffling ... the T-Mobile Shadow? The Motorola Q? [Gizmodo]

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