Joni Blecher

Editorial Director - LetsTalk.com
From San Francisco, CA

Just a few years after she got her first cell phone (the Nokia brick phone), she set out to learn more and more about phones by becoming a professional cell phone reviewer (a job she’s done for close to a decade). As CNET’s former Cell Phone Diva, Joni might as well be a cell phone psychologist based on all the things people confess to her about cell phones and plans. Her mission is to help people understand the technical jargon and make the best phone/plan decision for them. She doesn’t believe there is one perfect cell phone for everyone, there’s only the right phone for you.

Joni is an independent editor for Let’s Talk. Let’s Talk is one of the largest authorized online dealers who are able to ship new wireless devices at a discounted price.

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Joni reviews the HTC Droid Incredible

Android The DROID Incredibly by HTC is arguably one of the hottest cell phones available to date. There are plenty of good reasons: It has an elegant design, gorgeous display, easy-to-use Google Android 2.1 operating system, HTC Sense overlay...

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Joni's Palm Pre Plus review

Cell Phone Reviews Introduction The Palm Pre Plus has a few noteworthy upgrades over its predecessor the Palm Pre . First, it doubles its storage capacity from 8GB to 16GB. That’s plenty of room for music, pictures, and applications. The QWERTY...

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Sprint NFL fans can pick their favorite play of the season

Sports It’s been decided the Colts and the Saints are set to play in the Super Bowl, now is the time for you to review and vote on the top plays of the season. To cast your vote in the "Sprint Can't-Miss Play of the Year" visit the...

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Joni's Palm Pixi review

Cell Phone Reviews The Palm Pixi sports many of the features found on its predecessor the Palm Pre including Palm’s latest webOS, 8GB internal hard drive, and access to many of Sprint’s premium services. The Palm Pixi also has an updated version of the webOS...

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Joni's Samsung Highlight T749 Fire review

Cell Phone Reviews The Samsung Highlight is a slim touch screen cell phone that has a lot going for it: 3G connectivity with T-Mobile’s Web2Go interface, 3-megapixel camera, solid battery life, and impressive call quality. Plus the cell phone even comes with...

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Joni's HTC Ozone review

Cell Phone Reviews The HTC Ozone with its slim form factor and green keys is a departure from some of the more bulkier form factor smartphones many think of when they think about a Windows Mobile phone. The smartphone sports a Windows Mobile 6.1 OS, 3G...

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Joni's Nokia Surge 6790 review

3g At first glance with it’s slide-out keyboard and black plastic casing, you might think the Nokia Surge is intended to be a high-end messaging phone and perhaps that was the case. However, this Nokia is a smartphone and includes all the...

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Joni's HTC Dash 3G review

3g The HTC Dash 3G is a worthy upgrade to the Dash, even though they both use the same Windows Mobile 6.1 OS. The new model has quite a few enhancements including 3G connectivity, an easy-to-use home screen, a trackball, a 2-megapixel camera,...

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July is National Cell Phone Courtesy Month

Lifestyle So have you been politely talking on your cell phone this month? (We hope you are a courteous talker everyday, but with it being National Cell Phone Courtesy Month, our friend Joni Blecher of Lets Talk highlights some proper etiquette...

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Joni's LG enV Touch review

Cell Phone Reviews The LG enV Touch looks a lot like the LG Voyager and what was missing in the latter cell phone is more than made-up for in the former. Namely, the LG enV Touch has 3.2-megapixel camera with a flash, a fully customizable user interface,...

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Nokia’s Calling All Innovators competition

Post First of all, yes, there is such a place as Nokia World. Since Nokia is a company all about mobility, it makes sense that Nokia World is a moving location. This year it will be located in Stuttgart, Germany. It's essentially a place for...

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Joni's BlackBerry Curve 8900 review

Cell Phone Reviews The BlackBerry Curve 8900 is the most pocketable Curve to date and the nice thing about that is it doesn’t skimp on features. Quite the contrary, in fact this BlackBerry Curve has a ton of connection features: WiFi, Stereo Bluetooth, and...

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Lets Talk looks @ the Samsung Impression

Videos Joni from Lets Talk looks @ the Samsung Impression. The Samsung Impression is getting a lot of buzz because of its AMOLED touch-screen. But that's not the only thing this cell phone has going for it. Watch the video below to see why this...

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Joni's Nokia E71x review

3g The Nokia e71x is sleek, affordable, has fun multimedia features, navigation, and runs the Symbian OS. You can do all the things you can on other smartphones including accessing office documents, send/receive email from multiple accounts,...

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Joni's Samsung Trance Piano Black review

Cell Phone Reviews The Samsung Trance is a slick-looking music phone that is all about listening to music with everything from synching the cell phone with Rhapsody music service to it’s Bang & Olufsen audio features to the ability to pair two stereo...

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New to town? Let your BlackBerry Poynt the way

Cell Phone App Reviews There are a few services that you can download that will help you find the places you want to go whether on the road or in your own backyard. Let’s add another service to the list that can be downloaded to your BlackBerry from the App...

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First Impressions: Samsung Alias 2

First Impressions I just got in a Samsung Alias 2 for Verizon Wireless. The big idea behind the Samsung Alias 2 is the metamorphic keypad - it's called an E-Ink keypad, which literally changes what appears on the keys depending on the function that is being...

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Let's Talk checks out Verizon's CDM-8975PTT

Ctia Vegas 2009 During CTIA last week, Joni from Let's Talk visited the PCD (formerly UTStarcom) booth and got her hands-on the CDM-8975 for Verizon Wireless. This short video offers insight on this great new push-to-talk device for VZW.

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Let's Talk gets a demo of AT&T's LG Neon

Ctia Vegas 2009 Posting more of her coverage from CTIA Las Vegas, Joni from Let's Talk got a quick run down of some of the features for the LG Neon. The LG Neon is scheduled for release at AT&T.

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Let's Talk checks out the Nokia E71x @ CTIA 2009

Ctia Vegas 2009 Joni from Let's Talk has posted some additional coverage from her week at CTIA Las Vegas. She was able to get a closer look at the Nokia E71x for AT&T. This short walk thru with the Nokia rep provides some great insight on what to expect...

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HTC Diamond2: Joni from Let's Talk gets a closer look during CTIA

Ctia Vegas 2009 Our friend Joni Blecher was at CTIA for Let's Talk. Here is a quick look at the HTC Diamond2 and some of the new upgrades it includes.

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2 New Bluetooth headsets from SoundID

Bluetooth You might remember SoundID from last year's CTIA coverage, it's the company that focuses more on improving audio quality than simply adding features. This year the company announced two new Bluethooth headsets: the Sound ID 200 and the...

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Music cards and cell phones: A good deal?

Post I'm always looking for ways to add music to my cell phone. Seriously, cell phones have more and more expandable memory - at least that of many portable MP3 players - and the MicroSD memory cards are becoming more and more affordable. For...

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Q&A by Joni from Lets Talk - What is "discovery mode"?

Questions And Answers Q. What does "discovery mode" mean on a Samsung SCH-u620? A. Discovery mode is the same on just about any cell phone. It means that the cell phone is available to start identifying other Bluetooth devices in order to make a connection....

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Joni's LG Versa VX9600 review

Cell Phone Reviews At first glance, the LG Versa may look an awful lot like the LG Dare, but this cell phone is different. What makes it distinct comes in the box: a snap on case that protects the cell phone’s touch screen and adds a full flip down QWERTY...

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Joni's BlackBerry Storm review

Cell Phone Reviews The first BlackBerry to sport a touchscreen (that’s more of a push-screen) has arrived. That’s right, the BlackBerry Storm. There’s a lot to like about the Storm and with every new form factor there’s also a lot to learn. Read: be prepared...

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Don't get left out in the cold

Post This sound familiar? One day it's sunny and beautiful; the next day temperatures have dropped to near freezing degrees and it might even be snowing. It can be so hard to follow. That's exactly the kind of info you want to know when it...

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Over-the-air updates for the Android G1 coming soon

Post If you've been having any issues with your T-Mobile G1 Android phone, help is on the way. A new fix is being pushed over-the-air to Android cell phones. T-Mobile customers will receive the update over the next couple of weeks. Here are a...

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Using the 5MP camera on your MOTOZINE ZN5

Videos The MOTOZINE ZN5 from T-Mobile is one of those camera phones that takes shooting pictures on a cell phone to the next level. And we're not just talking about its 5-megapixel camera and fast shutter. Our friend Joni Blecher from Let's Talk...

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Fuel Cell Power by Medis Technologies Ltd.

Ces 2009 This video from Joni of Let's Talk highlights another "green" product from CES that lets you easily charge a cell phone or other gadgets from a portable charger that already has all the juice you'll need.

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