Windows Phone 8's customizable home screen and fast Internet Explorer 10 browser go a long way towards legitimizing the Lumia 920 as a heavy-duty smartphone.

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Still, for a young family member or as an Internet access device with a keyboard and a screen larger than a cell phone, the C7 represents an inexpensive alternative.

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The phone, which connected to the Internet, had a large bright screen and was operated by fingers on a touch-screen.

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Ericsson's Screen Phone, which runs the open-source Linux operating system, combines both Internet access and a speaker phone, and will communicate with a home base station using the emerging Bluetooth technology for wireless personal area networking.

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