Top 10 Cell Phones for Summer Travel: It's All About The GPS & Media

The weather's heating up, the days are longer, and the beaches are filling up. The summer vacation season has officially begun, and with summer travel on the horizon, we wanted to highlight the cell phones that can help you arrive at your destination faster and safer. So, using a combination of our wireless expertise and your customer feedback, we've compiled a definitive list of the Top Ten Cell Phones for Summer 2008.

This summer, whether you're going out of town, or just out for a night on the town, one of these phones will be the perfect fit:

*GPS-enabled

You may have noticed that this list is dominated by GPS-enabled cell phones; this is no accident. We at Wirefly, always stay on top of trends in the industry, and the one thing we've noticed this summer?

GPS has officially arrived.

Say goodbye to getting lost in an unfamiliar city, or taking a wrong turn this summer. With a GPS phone, you can easily track your position on a map in real-time, research nearby restaurants and attractions, and receive spoken turn-by-turn directions while on the road.

And, while a handful of the cell phones we settled on don't support GPS, they still offer other great features that should come in handy while traveling this summer. The LG Vu CU920 is one of two AT&T cell phones that supports the Mobile TV service - you can watch live broadcast TV from anywhere within the AT&T network. Meanwhile, the T-Mobile Dash is a great messaging phone to stay in touch with everyone back home, and the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 for T-Mobile offers Wi-Fi connectivity from any T-Mobile HotSpot around the country.

Plus, all ten of these cell phones have very capable built-in cameras ' perfect for capturing those spur-of-the-moment vacation memories.

All in all, our Top Ten Cell Phones for Summer 2008, will help your summer journeys run faster and smoother, while making your overall trip more memorable. So, whether you're planning or booking a summer vacation in the coming weeks, remember ' Wirefly, and your perfect travel phone are just a click away.

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