Apple doesn’t make them easy to find but if you know where to look you can save even more on your new iPhone.

If you don’t mind the idea of buying a reconditioned product then Apple is ready and willing to sell you an 8GB handset for $349 - a $50 savings.
 
Apple hasn’t done much publicizing of these phones and they don’t make it very easy to find where you can buy them. 

Nor does Apple say exactly how many of these reconditioned phones they have available at any given time.  It might upset buyers to think about just how many bad iPhones there have been so far.

Reconditioned usually means products that have been accepted for return to the company (for whatever reason) and have been checked over and/or fixed if something was broken. 

Apple makes it clear that their reconditioned products undergo a rigorous process to make sure it can meet their high quality standards. 

Once it does, it’s sold on their Web site.  It comes with their standard one-year limited warranty.  And just like any other Apple product, you can also purchase an AppleCare Protect plan ($69) an insurance policy that extends your warranty for an additional year.

Everything about your reconditioned iPhone should be the same as if you bought a brand new one in an Apple store.  As you should know by now, the iPhone has the most intuitive user interface on the market.  But, it also comes with very expensive monthly usage charges from AT&T that you need if you want to get the most out of all the phone’s features.

Remember, the current iPhone model is a first generation device.  New features, as well as updated phone designs, are rumored to be arriving in the near future.  If that’s true, prices for the original model may drop even further.

Consider yourself warned.

HTC

HTC's Advantage is part smartphone, part mini-laptop with a lot of features crammed inside.

At first glance, HTC’s Advantage could be mistaken for two devices.  It’s either a very large cell phone or an  amazing wireless PDA.  Luckily, there’s no need to choose.

The Advantage X7501 is a 3G, GSM-based  smart, world phone.  You don't hold it to your ear - it's used as a speakerphone or with a headset.  It also has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth  and GPS satellite location finding built inside and runs on the Windows Mobile 6 operating system. 
 
The Advantage is a two-piece device.  The main unit is about 5 inches long, 4 inches wide and two-thirds of an inch deep and weighs about 13 ounces.  It has a touch screen and a thin (0.16 inch) QWERTY keyboard that attaches magnetically to the main unit.  It also covers the touch-sensitive screen while allowing you to see when messages arrive through a transparent window.   The Advantage comes with a magnetic leather case to hold both pieces in place.

The original RAZR was one of the most successful designs in cell phone history.  When it was originally released, the phone was revolutionary.  It was slim, sleek and sexy – looking like no other contemporary phone of the time.  Motorola also gave it a high price tag of $500 to ensure exclusivity.

As time went on, though, Motorola did little to improve the design while competitors were busy catching up.

Now those competitors will need to try harder because Motorola’s new handset, the RAZR², has gotten a ground-up redesign.

The RAZR² is not just one, single new phone.  It’s really a number of new phones.  Each U.S. cellular provider has been given the opportunity to tailor the phone to the services they offer.

The new RAZR² models are the V9 (for AT&T), the V9m (Sprint and Verizon) and the V8 (T-Mobile).  They differ by which features are highlighted on the outer screen – messaging, music or video.