Life starts after five o’clock. Not coincidentally, that’s also when the Palm Centro smartphone comes alive. Not only does the Palm Centro handle all your favorite voice functions, but it also offers text, IM, e-mail, and web access, all in a body that’s a lot smaller than you’d think. Add in such features as a 1.3-megapixel camera, 64 MB of internal memory, Bluetooth 1.2 support, a microSD expansion slot, and a full QWERTY keyboard and you have a terrific smartphone for all your messaging and personal needs. In short, there’s no better way to stay in touch.

Adding a fashionable touch to Research in Motion’s formidable arsenal of telephonic, PIM, and media tools, the BlackBerry 8320 Curve for T-Mobile is also the smallest, lightest BlackBerry phone that includes a full QWERTY keyboard.

After creating a gadget/fashion icon in the original MOTORAZR, Motorola has upped the ante with the new RAZR² V9m with cutting edge technology and enhanced features that make it even easier to use. The RAZR² V9m offers data connectivity via Verizon’s EV-DO data network, perfect for surfing the Web as well as downloading music and video from Verizon’s V Cast service.

The TyTN is the first Pocket PC phone HTC has shipped under its own brand. The focus of this combination PDA and 3G mobile phone is on worldwide connectivity, via Tri-Band UMTS, Quad-Band EDGE, Bluetooth, and WiFi. The device sports a slide-out, ergonomic QWERTY keyboard and a 2.8-inch color touchscreen.