Top 10 Smartphones for Holiday Gifts

BlackBerry Storm: ($199 after mail-in rebate, Verizon). Absolutely the best BlackBerry ever. The handset sports a unique touchscreen where the entire screen acts like a giant button and pushes in when you press it. Great camera, music player, GPS, stereo Bluetooth and lots more. Like all Verizon(VZ Quote) phones, it lacks Wi-Fi, so all data goes through Verizon servers. Research In Motion's(RIMM Quote) Storm is a possible iPhone killer for all the BlackBerry addicts on the planet.

BlackBerry Bold: ($299 after mail-in rebate, AT&T). RIM's new non-touchscreen device. The new BlackBerry interface is clean and easy to master. Everything works as expected. Includes Wi-Fi. If the Storm didn't exist this would be the top BlackBerry.

BlackBerry Pearl Flip: ($149 after mail-in rebate, T-Mobile(DT Quote)). The first flip BlackBerry is an absolute gas. Does everything its bigger siblings does and more. Includes T-Mobile's phone-calls-via-Wi-Fi option, which lets you make all the calls you want, via Wi-Fi for $10 additional per month. Small and light, this is the most portable BlackBerry ever. And one of the cheapest!

T-Mobile G-1: ($180, T-Mobile). This is a terrific first try for a touchscreen phone using Google's (GOOG Quote) Android operating system. This "Gphone" handset had great ergonomics and a slide-open QWERTY keyboard. Amazing Google map feature bonds with the internal GPS and lets you see a street view of where you're standing, which actually moves with you in any direction. If you like using Google mail (and Google everything else for that matter), you will love the G-1. Phone comes in black, copper and has just been released in a very pretty white color (my favorite).