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The third and final product the Geeks will feature today is the HTC Touch. Here’s another smartphone that’s well, black and is controlled via touch. Perhaps that’s a theme for cell phones this year? Maybe… just maybe.

This featured phone is unlocked for use with your existing GSM, GSM 900 MHz, GSM 1800 MHz or GSM 1900 MHz service provider and SIM card and includes a 2+ megapixel camera with video capture. The phone is described as a groundbreaking phone with a “new and unique way of controlling touch screen-based devices by recognising and responding to the sweep of a finger across the screen” featuring TouchFLO which was developed to simply sweep your finger up the display to launch an animated, three-dimensional interface comprising three screens: Contacts, Media and Applications. The new HTC-designed homescreen provides one-touch access to emails, text messages, calendar appointments and contacts, as well as current weather conditions and forecasts for hundreds of cities around the world.

Definitely a sweet phone that any Geek would enjoy.

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Suggested Price: $499.99

Coming in at #36 in Amazon’s Cell Phones & Service category, this phone may not be the hottest seller of all cell phones, but among Geeks this is a sought after phone.

The NOKIA N95 Black is compatible with HSDPA/ GSM 850/ 900 / 1800 /1900, 3G services, EDGE and WI-FI networks and comes with 100MB of storage space for texts and other phone features as well as 8GB for your music, etc… The NOKIA N95 Black has an in-built Stereo FM radio and MP3 player to enjoy the music even while on the move with the capacity to store 2000 songs or 166 albums. It comes with 64 channels of polyphonic ring tones plus mono phonic, true tones and MP3 download features. The 3.5 mm output jack is an interesting addition for headphones.

Nokia N95 Black is loaded with built in GPS navigation, a convenient Office document viewer, Organizer, T9, Voice/Dial Memo, TV out and Java MIDP 2.0 etc. It is a Quad Band GSM handset that comes with Bluetooth v2.0 and A2DP Stereo Support, mini USB support and infrared and the phone introduces N-gage gaming.

What else does a Geek need?

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Suggested Price: $749.99

Welcome to the fourth annual “12 Gizmos of Christmas” special the Geeks from Gizmos for Geeks have cooked up displaying the top twelve categories of gadgets and the best selling gizmos in those categories for Christmas.

Our #12 category is the cell phone and the first product is Apple’s iPhone. The iPhone caused some fanboys to camp out for the launch in front of Apple stores almost like a new Star Wars movie was opening! Fan or not of the phone you have to be impressed with the marketing and initial sales of the phone which slowed down so much that Apple actually lower the price. Also, if you’ve played with one you have to be impressed with the interface.

This phone will definitely be under a few trees or in a couple stockings this Christmas.

Gimmie!

Suggested Price: $399.99

Do you like Skype, but wish it was just appliance-ized, so you didn’t need your computer to use? Do you also want to use it in an office environment where it has more features than the usual Skype handsets? Let’s say a display, bigger keys, and a speakerphone? Then you should take a look at the SOLO Skype desktop phone from IPEVO. Here’s a good-looking desk phone that just requires an ethernet cable (it has an RJ45 port) plugged into your network with access to the Internet.

This always on Skype system allows for the usual Skype features: Skype-to-Skype, SkypeIn, SkypeOut and Skype Voicemail. Save money in calls and make things simple without needing to fuss with a computer.

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