The HTC Thunderbolt is one of the most important phones to launch in recent memory. With a second generation Snapdragon processor clocked at 1GHz, a 4.3″ 400 x 800 display, and LTE support, the Thunderbolt is meant to turn heads. And turn heads it did when it arrived at Gadgetsteria HQ. The HTC Thunderbolt is an amazing piece of gadgetry, despite the lack of a dual-core processor. But take our word, the lack of a dual-core processor is not a reason to pass on the...

Straight up: How’s RIM’s new BlackBerry Torch? If you’re looking for something short and sweet, take this — Late. That’s pretty vague, however. But the BlackBerry Torch is so much more than that as it perfectly illustrates RIM’s ability to improve quickly and decisively while at the same time coming off looking worn down and tired. How can that be? I’ll come right out and say that the Torch is hands down RIM’s best...

The old saying goes: Don’t judge a book by it’s cover. But does it apply to something more digital, say a phone? If it does, Palm would be in trouble. If you take the last couple years of Palm’s portfolio and performance and made that “the cover”, this is one book that would be well worth passing up. And yet Palm’s latest attempt proves intriguing. The Pre is by no means new, now going on one year old come early June. But one could...

Today marks one week and a day that the Motorola Droid has graced the masses. I was one of the many that were eagerly anticipating it’s release bringing us the first tastes of Android 2.0 as well as the first Android slider device since the G1. While not perfect, it is truly a good device. I’ve had many smartphones over the last couple of years and have a fairly robust knowledge of the various platforms. Coming from BlackBerries and iPhones more recently,...