Even for $299 with a two-year contract, there's an awful lot to like about the Droid Bionic: great performance, a fine display, access to Verizon's LTE network and the ability to act as a mobile hotspot. But if you get this phone, get used to carrying a spare battery or two, or turn off the 4G radio to save power. With the Droid Bionic, power management will be a fact of life -- you'll need to choose either full-time 4G data or a full day of everything else.

Dan Rosenbaum, by day a , has been reviewing mobile technology since the 1990s. His MicroTAC and StarTAC phones are still in a box somewhere.