Gift Guide: Smart phones for work and play (AP)

iPhone to the more business-oriented BlackBerry Bold, chances are you can find a phone that's a better gift than a reindeer sweater.

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, has numerous flaws but is brimming with consumer-oriented features that may even lure iPhone fans. The face of the device has a large touch screen that is ideal for Web browsing and viewing photos and Google Maps . A slide-out QWERTY keyboard makes texting easy, and with access to the online Android Market you can download a variety of applications and games. A few big drawbacks: The G1 does not have a standard headphone jack, and for storing songs, photos and videos, you need to rely on the included 1 gigabyte microSD card or buy a larger one. Sprint Nextel , $130 after rebate, with two-year contract) The touch-screen Instinct may lack the cachet of the iPhone, but it's filled with features and surprisingly easy to use. It even one-ups the iPhone with turn-by-turn navigation, video recording and picture messaging. Its greatest drawbacks may be that it doesn't sense more than one finger at a time, has a smaller screen, and most of all, that there are no third-party applications. Still, if the recipient is already a Sprint customer, this is a fine reason to stay.

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