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has cut down the prices on their first-generation 3G iPads left in stock is now available in $429 for a 16GB 3G iPad and 64GB 3G is marked down $300 from $829 to only $529. the 32GB model already shows it’s sold out. With this new discounts, this is currently the best pricing we’ve been able to find on a new first-generation iPad. Apple and other retailers are still showing the pricing for first-ge iPads at $529, $629 and $729.
has cut down the prices on their first-generation 3G iPads left in stock is now available in $429 for a 16GB 3G iPad and 64GB 3G is marked down $300 from $829 to only $529. the 32GB model already shows it’s sold out. With this new discounts, this is currently the best pricing we’ve been able to find on a new first-generation iPad. Apple and other retailers are still showing the pricing for first-ge iPads at $529, $629 and $729.BGR notes that these are online prices only and inventory may be low. If you were considering the purchase of a first generation iPad you may want to snap one up now.
$200 on Verizon with two-year contract
$200 on Sprint with two-year contract
“The first 4G phone in America” is still one of the best, even though it has since found competition in the form of Samsung’s Epic 4G. As we found out in our own tests here in Portland, Sprint’s claims of 10 times 3G performance on both phones definitely exaggerate the next-gen network’s prowess, but heavy YouTubers, music streamers, and other bandwidth hogs will definitely appreciate the extra breathing room. Why choose it over the Epic 4G? It’s close, but you can turn it into a roaming hotspot for up to eight devices (versus five on the Epic), it has a massive 4.3-inch LCD (versus 4.0 inches on the Epic 4G) and its 8-megapixel camera shoots nicer outdoor snaps than the 5-megapixel cam on the Epic. But if you really love a physical QWERTY keyboard, go with the Samsung.
$200 on Verizon with two-year contract
Overcoming the hype of both the Droid and Nexus One was a tall order for HTC when the Incredible launched back in April, but 
$200 on T-Mobile with two-year contract
If you need a reminder just how far Android has come, look no further than T-Mobile’s G2, which makes its trail-blazing predecessor, the G1, look like an antique. While it keeps the trusty slide-out keyboard, the G2 rounds the G1’s chunky shape into a more pocket-hugging form, boosts speed with a Snapdragon processor (though not running at 1GHz like most competitors) and most importantly, takes full advantage of T-Mobile’s new HSPA+ network, which delivers speeds that often clock in just below Sprint’s 4G network, making vanilla 3G look positively slow in comparison.
$200 on AT&T with two-year contract
AT&T’s original selection of Android handsets, including the Backflip, Aria and Flipout, were knives at a gunfight. But the fat and happy iPhone carrier has finally matched Android firepower with the addition of Samsung’s Captivate. Sure, every U.S. network has some minute variant of the same phone, but that makes it no less impressive on AT&T, where its 4-inch OLED screen, 1GHz Hummingbird processor and 5-megapixel rear camera with HD recording easily make it the carrier’s most capable Android device.
This was the first Android device that really knocked my socks off, and I still use it as the gold standard to measure every other Android smarty. Sure, it doesn’t have the best battery life and its screen isn’t as big and bold as the HTC EVO or the Droid X, but it is remarkably elegant and usable and it remains the one Android phone untarnished by the mobile manufacturers and telecom carriers. Google no longer sells it on the mass market but offers the N1 as a testing phone for Android developers. Still, as I said, it remains the gold standard and as long as Google keeps selling it in one form or another, it will likely remain on this list.
The Samsung Vibrant snuck up on a lot of people. Samsung hadn’t produced many good smartphones in recent years. In fact, the Samsung Omnia was so bad that I rated it as one of the worst tech products of 2009. So when Samsung announced the Galaxy S, its first line of Android devices, expectations were fairly low. But, despite the marketing confusion of naming the Galaxy S something different (and giving it a slightly different configuration) on every carrier, the product has been a big hit, selling over a million units in its first 45 days on the market. The best of the Galaxy S models is T-Mobile’s Samsung Vibrant, which is thin, powerful, has a great screen, and does the least amount of fiddling with the stock Android OS.
This smartphone bears a very strong resemblance to the Nexus One and in the first half of the year it was released in Europe and Australia, where it became a popular choice in both markets. It has since spread to other international markets and became available in the US through regional carrier US Cellular. The Desire has nearly-identical hardware specs to the Nexus One and a very similar, high-quality outer shell that gives it an excellent build quality. The biggest differences are that the Desire has hardware navigation buttons instead of touch-sensitive buttons, an optical touchpad instead of a trackball, includes HTC Sense UI and an FM tuner, but lacks the second microphone for noise cancellation and the pins for a dock connector. Also, keep an eye on the 
(with a larger 4.3-inch screen) and the 
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With Sprint’s HTC EVO 4G drawing much of the attention of the Android world since its unveiling at CTIA 2010 in March, the response from Motorola and Verizon (the previous darlings of the Android world) was the Droid X. It matched the HTC EVO with a 4.3-inch screen, an 8 megapixel camera, a Micro HDMI port, and mobile hotspot functionality, but it lacked a front-facing camera, 4G connectivity, and the extra polish that HTC puts on Android with its Sense UI.
No Android device has taken aim at business users more directly than the Motorola Droid Pro. The most obvious symbol is the Droid Pro’s hardware keyboard, which effectively emulates the classic BlackBerry keyboard found on devices such as the BlackBerry Bold and the BlackBerry Curve. The Droid Pro also integrates enhanced security and management features (such as remote device wipe) that will appeal to larger organizations and their IT departments. These features don’t quite bring Android up to the same level of enterprise readiness as BlackBerry (which offers even stronger encryption, for example), but many companies will likely view it as good enough. While the 3.1-inch screen of the Droid Pro is among the smallest of Android devices, this device will definitely appeal to those users who cling to the idea that they want and need a hardware keyboard, especially BlackBerry converts.
The HTC Aria might be one of the best kept secrets of the Android world. HTC could have honestly named this phone the EVO Mini. It looks a lot like the EVO, but in a far smaller package. In fact, while the EVO is the biggest Android phone, the Aria is the most compact, with its 3.2-inch screen. That’s its primary appeal — along with a low price tag (it retails for $129 but you can usually find it for much less than that, even free, based on promotions). The biggest problems with the Aria are the underpowered 600 MHz CPU and the fact that, like the Galaxy S, AT&T has loaded it up with lots of crapware and limited it to only the applications in the Android Market.
The LG Ally is not very pretty — except for being pretty underpowered — but it does have a few redeeming qualities that can make it attractive. It has a great little hardware keyboard — the best hardware keyboard on an Android device next to the Epic 4G. It’s also very compact, though not as compact as the HTC Aria, since the Ally has the slider keyboard that makes it a little more bulky. But, the best feature is the price: $49. And, like the Aria, many customers will get it for free with the right promotion. For 50 dollars or less, this phone is a nice value.
