Handles mobile email, instant messaging, SMS and Web browsing
$30/month plan allows unlimited data
Superb keyboard is none of the best of its kind
Fuss-free interface is easy to navigate
The bad:
Contract requires a two-year commitment
No MP3 player, PC connectivity or memory card expansion
Digital camera is barely one step above a Box Brownie
The bottomline:
With consumer-friendly mobile email, instant messaging, SMS and even Web browsing, and a deal that gives you almost unlimited data for $1 per day, Telstra's hiptop 2 looks set to become BlackBerry for teens and twentysomethings -- it could even topple an iPod as the hottest thing under the Christmas tree this year.
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