Gadgetory

so you want to buy a really hot smartphone these will fit the description both ways they're desirable and they spew radiation I'm Brian Cooley with a scene at top 5 this time we're ranking smartphones based on their SAR or specific absorption rate which tells you the watts of power absorbed per kilogram of tissue now there's never been a clear connection made between a phone's SAR rating and dying but for me I'm gonna play it safe and look for a low number until they figure this out anyway here are the high numbers number five is the t-mobile - 3G with a SAR of one point four seven not too far from the US government limit of one point six nice keyboard slick design GPS two megapixel camera and it's not on AT&T so it's got that going for it number four is the palm pixi plus also at a toasty 1.47 SAR one of the sleekest smart phone designs ever and it runs the much-loved Palm webOS but HP just bought palm and their CEO Mark Hurd recently made it clear they didn't do it to be in the phone business so this might not be a great pic unless you like buying your phones on eBay number three is the Motorola Droid at a SAR rating of one point four nine no phone has done so much to propel the Android operating system as this squared off little bacon fryer great touchscreen power to really run Android well and it has access to the only collection of apps that ever causes Apple to lose at least a little bit of sleep just bring a foil hat number two is the BlackBerry Bold 9000 with a SAR rating of 1.5 won this guy revolutionized blackberry display and interface quality supports fast HSDPA data connections just not for me and was the first blackberry that could at least pronounce multimedia the latest version the 9700 loses the annoying little pearl ball that always seems to get food stuck in it which is kind of handy because you can get by just making a call before we get to the number one dirtiest smartphone what about the iPhone well thus are on that model varies by which iPhone you have the 3G is the dirtiest at one point three eight the very first iPhone the original much cleaner at point nine seven and the 3GS is the best at point seven eight Steve wants you around of buy more apps at number one is another blackberry the ubiquitous curve eighty three thirty with a SAR rating of one point five for hard up against the limit guys don't leave this one in your lap if you like getting Father's Day cards curves are everywhere because they're on multiple carriers and there's always a pricing promotion that pretty much makes them free this little pocket Chernobyl is arguably the most successful smartphone ever because it has so many variants everyone loves the keyboard and let's face it your company will probably make you carry one at some point but it's a crappy web device and not a good choice unless you like your bacon crisp that's it for this edition of seen that top five use a headset I'm Brian Cooley see you next time