A Regular Looking 3G Phone - the LG 8110

If you live in North America, you've probably only seen pictures of 3G phones and don't realize how positively gigantic they are. Even the clamshell models are big, like bigger than a Treo 300 big. (Okay, maybe not that wide, but you get the idea.) The new LG 8110 may fall short of sexy, but at least it's finally a reasonable size — almost as small as a modern 2G clamshell. And LG manages to pack quite a bit into this (relatively) small package. It's got a VGA
camera that rotates so you can take pictures or make video calls. Plus it packs in features like MP3 ringtones, an external display with multi-colored backlight, and 2G as well as 3G data. Sadly, the 8110 lacks Bluetooth and the review brings up a few minor niggles, but no problem is so serious that you wouldn't buy one. Now that there's a handset you can actually put in your pocket, it might finally be time to consider signing up for 3G — assuming you're one of the lucky few who has access to it.