Kyocera KX18 / Kyocera Jet / Kyocera Angel

Kyocera Jet Mobile multimedia junkies will find plenty of eye and ear candy in the Kyocera Jet, the company's new 3G slider for newcomer carrier Amp'd Mobile. This all-black, EV-DO-enabled handset boasts a slick media player that taps into the Amp'd...

The Kyocera Jet comes with a sharp, colorful LCD; EV-DO support; a speakerphone; a 128MB TransFlash card; built-in GPS; and access to streaming video and the Amp'd music store. It's also inexpensive for a 3G multimedia phone.

The Kyocera Jet has small, hard-to-press keys; a submegapixel camera; and no Bluetooth or analog roaming. Plus, it has a tendency to freeze.

The Kyocera Jet is a bargain 3G multimedia phone for Amp'd Mobile but is saddled with an underwhelming VGA camera, a small and annoying keypad, and a tendency to freeze at inopportune moments.