The $225 Helio Drift is available only on the Helio network. And that's not cheap -- from $65 to $135 per month for service -- but all extras are included, including the GPS service and BuddyBeacon.

Honorable mention: If you've got one of those weirdos on your gift list who just uses a cell phone to make voice calls, check out the tiny Pantech C300 ($119 with mail-in-rebate). It's not the most feature-packed phone, or the highest-quality or the newest. But at just 2.7 by 1.7 by 0.7 in. and 2.5 oz., it's the smallest flip phone sold in the U.S. -- and it still manages to pack in some amazing features for the size, including internal and external screens, an 800-person contacts database, MP3 ringtone support, text and multimedia messaging, an alarm clock, a calendar, a memo pad, a camera and even a one-minute voice recorder. It's the perfect gift for the teenager in your life.

-- Mike Elgan

Smartphone: Palm Treo 680

The brand-new Treo 680 ($399) is the best smart phone in the world. This light and sleek gadget packs unprecedented power into a marvel of warm-and-fuzzy usability.