Top 10 Android Phones

Despite being somewhat outdated and overtaken by the competition, Google’s first HTC release is a great demonstration of what customers expect when shopping for a smartphone. With a slim and stylish design, you could be forgiven for thinking you were holding the iPhone in your hands with this impressive piece of kit and as the first phone to feature the full Android 2.2 experience, was once ahead of the masses with its full feature operating system. Despite having been overtaken and having a doppelganger in the HTC Desire this is still one of the best Android phones around.

The second version of the triumphant Galaxy S. When launched it was certainly Samsung's finest smartphone to date. Comes in white as well as black.

Let’s face it, when it comes to the world of Smartphones, the iPhone has been the king and looks set to continue that trend. However that shouldn’t stop you checking out the Nexus one, beating its Apple enemy on paper and being just as pleasurable and easy to use. With multitasking made a breeze by the impressive hardware, the latest update adds 720p video recording, iTunes synching and ‘Wi-Fi Hotspotting’, all making this a genuine competitor to the dominance of the iPhone.

With a display which not only rivals, but betters the much publicised and marketed ‘retina display’ of the iPhone 4 and with its impressively large 4” screen, the Samsung Galaxy S provides user with something different to many of the smartphones on the market today. A sleek design adds the astonishment of being able to cram up to 40GB of enough photos, apps, music and videos onto the phone to keep you busy for hours. The cost is certainly high, but if you want the closest thing to the iPhone 4 that wasn’t made by Apple, then this is the phone for you.

If the standard HTC design hasn’t been your cup of tea, then the HTC Legend is certainly doing all it can to stand out from the crowd, with its dazzling aluminium chassis reminiscent of the Macbook range and equally visually impressive. Featuring superfast web-browsing which beats off any competition and the functionality boosting sense UI overlay. The Legend will not only appeal to smartphone geeks for its admirable design, but is also a great phone for even the biggest of technophobes.

Despite the bizarre addition of the Jimmy Hill like chin pointing out from the lower end of the Hero’s otherwise acceptable design, this was one of the first phones to demonstrate what could be done with the Android system and was somewhat of a breakthrough. The Heptic feedback feature, whilst not thoroughly necessary, is a nice touch to create a genuine ore intuitive touch screen experience and with OS updates on the way, there may just be time left for a hero of the day yet.

When it languishes in its almost antiquated use of Android 1.6, it may be a surprise to see the Xperia X10 feature so high in my top ten list. But as the best Android camera phone on the market with one of the best battery life spans, it suddenly becomes unique in what is has to offer. As the ‘Mini’ in its name suggests the X10 Mini Pro is also one of the most portable Android options, featuring a full slide out qwerty keyboard and with an update to Android 2.1 due later in the year, there is more and more reason to make this phone the Android of choice.

This phone has a great design as well as a front and back facing camera. :) Great for pictures and internet use.

Despite not featuring the most attractive design in the Android asteroid field, the Motorola Milestone offers something different, a phone for business, a desk away from the office, or at least the best opportunity to pretend that some work is going on. With a lag free user experience there is none of the frustration that applies to so many Smartphone releases, add to that the super thin slide out QWERTY keyboard and you are looking at a very attractive piece of kit to help re-launch Motorola into the smartphone market.