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Cellular Phones


Should You Upgrade to the iPhone 5?

The iPhone 5 is coming, is your business ready? Here's a look at some of the expected features, and how they can impact your business.

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Can RIM Make a Rebound?

The company famous for the BlackBerry smartphone and the recent PlayBook tablet is trying to maintain its stronghold on small businesses.

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What Inc. Readers Travel With

What items can't you live without on the road? Inc. asked readers what technology and comforts they can't live without when crossing the country for business travel.

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Review: Playbook Shows Promise, But Fails to Deliver Apps

The Blackberry Playbook excels at allowing multiple programs to be used simultaneously, but falls short on third-party apps and no e-mail client.

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New Smartphone Security Apps

Here’s a look at mobile apps designed to make your phone safer.

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Recent Articles about Cellular Phones

Will 2011 Ring in an iPad Killer?

The BlackBerry PlayBook is due to hit the market this quarter, coming on the heels of several Android-based tablets, like the Samsung Galaxy Tab, that have r...  Read more

iPhone 5 Photos Leaked?

Several iPhone parts and repair firms have reported that they've gained access to pieces of an unknown iPhone model. The design hints at an evolved antenna, ...  Read more

Report: Verizon Gets the iPhone

Verizon customers may rejoice: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple's iPhone is headed their way.  Read more

Verizon to Announce iPhone Tomorrow

Verizon has a scheduled press event tomorrow that is reportedly the long-awaited announcement that the iPhone cometh. The best leaks in this story, s...  Read more

8 Reasons Why the iPhone Just Got Better

The Verizon iPhone is almost here! Here are eight reasons why the Verizon iPhone will be bigger and better than the current AT&T version.  View slideshow

The Smartest Credit Card Ever Made: Your Phone

You are carrying the smartest credit card ever made, but it is not made out of plastic. Instead, your smartphone has all the transaction details you'd ever n...  Read more

iPhone Tug of War: Which Carrier is Best?

It's not quite like the Mac versus PC debate, but close. When the Verizon iPhone debuts on February 10, business owners will have to make an Apple to Apple c...  Read more

Verizon Prepares For iPhone Datahogs

On the same day it started accepting pre-orders for the iPhone, Verizon Read more

Love in Start-up Land

What are the secrets to happy copreneurship? Plus, cracking the code of innovation, and the rest of the day's news for entrepreneurs.  Read more

Is the BlackBerry PlayBook Ideal for Business?

There's a clear reason why small-to-midsized businesses might embrace RIM's much-hyped tablet: it may be much more secure. The burning question: where are th...  Read more

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Jared Hecht is the co-founder of the mobile messaging app GroupMe.  Watch video

The New Kids on the Block

Can New York City supplant Silicon Valley as the premier start-up destination? Plus, new details the iPhone 5, edible ads, and the rest of today's news.  Read more

Tablet Wars: Intel Joins Game

For years, PCs were often referred to as Wintel machines. The "tel" coming from Intel's role as Windows's preferred chipmaker-in-chief. Now, here we are w...  Read more

Blackbery Servers Go Multi-Platform

Me thinks that Research In Motion sees the writing on the wall: Blackberry will ultimately not win the smartphone or tablet wars. Today in Orlando, RIM an...  Read more

Verizon Halting Unlimited Data Plans

Starting July 7, Verizon will no longer offer new customers unlimited data plans. And, oh yeah, you're going to start paying for using those LTE ...  Read more

Your Next iPhone

What will it be like? That depends on whether you jump for the iPhone 5 expected to come out this fall or the iPhone 6 expected to come out in 2012. ...  Read more

Are The Tablet Wars Over?

It's certainly looking that way—and Apple's iPad is the victor.  The latest casuality appears to be Research in Motion's Blackberry Playbook. I...  Read more

The Best Android Phones

Google's army of smartphones are out to beat the iPhone.  Read more

Google Phones: Lowdown on the 'iPhone Killer'

Google's mobile phone platform Android has been riding high in the spotlight since the launch of the Motorola Droid and Google's own Nexus One smartphone. Do...  Read more

Study: Smartphones Highly Vulnerable to Hacks

Smartphones are really just mobile computers, and so are open to attack. Just how real is the threat?  Read more

Palm Needs A Hand

Palm's latest quarterly report is out and the news is not good. Smartphone sales are in the dumper, with only 408,000 units sold. Ouch! By compar...  Read more

Technology for the Virtual CEO

Five must-have products for telecommuting  Read more

Cellphone As Wireless Router

I'm dating myself to even call them cell phones anymore. I think smartphone is even kind of dumb. Is there anything you can't do with a mobile device anym...  Read more

Blackberry Needs a 1970 CBS Moment

Blackberry still has more market share than the iPhone or the Google Droid. That's the good news. The bad news is we all know it is on a pace to lose it. ...  Read more

Lost a Smartphone? Track It and Erase Data

These days, a lost smart phone is not just a shame. It’s a potential nightmare for a business. That phone may have confidential data about customers, partn...  Read more

HP And Palm: Dell's Big Mistake

PC Makers need to be recrafting themselves intp smartphone makers. The smartphone, for all intensive purposes, is the PC now. HP's announced ...  Read more

Android Beats Out iPhone

According to The NPD Group, Android has knocked off the iPhone from its number two spot in U.S. smartphone sales. It's good moment for...  Read more

Why Blackberry Won't Bury The iPad

Short answer: Because Google's going to beat them to it. (Oh calm down, Apple Faithful! I couldn't resist yanking your chain again Read more

A Wireless Phone Charging System

The PowerMat offers users an easier way to power up their phones.  Read more

Second Shipment Date For iPhone Sold Out Too

Uh, remember yesterday when I told you the next available shipment date for the new iPhone 4 would be July 2nd? Well, scratch that. Yesterday, it ...  Read more

iPhone 4: Officially a Hot Mess

About that new iPhone, I smell gas! For starters, Apple is officially saying "uncle" for now regarding the Read more

New Droid Looks Like a Blackberry

Things that make you go "hmm": Motorola put up a picture of its new...  Read more

How to Design and Build a Mobile Website

With 75 million Americans accessing the Web from mobile phones, your business can’t afford not to provide customers with a seamless browsing experience. He...  Read more

Apple Announces Press Conference on iPhone 4

Nero, I mean Steve Jobs, is apparantly ready to lay down his fiddle while Rome, I mean Cupertino burns. Apple, last night, announced it will hold a press ...  Read more

iPhone 4: Is It Ideal for Your Business?

The iPhone 4 has been selling out nationwide as it went on sale in Apple stores, AT&T stores, and select other outlets. But antenna woes have caused controve...  Read more

Small Business Owners are Going Mobile – Have You?

With all the press surrounding the iPhone 4 launch, I'm reminded that it's been seven months since we introduced our Read more

Why Windows Phone 7 Is Doomed

Oh Lord, let me count the ways. No surprises here, but it's a huge blow all the same; HP has confirmed to CNBCRead more

Gimme 5: Endangered Gadgets List

Earlier this summer, I endorsed the prediction that we'd see sub $100 eReaders from the likes of Amazon, etc. by the end of the year. Maybe. Welll, you ca...  Read more

Blackberry Torch Not So Hot

Blackberry's parent company, Research In Motion, really needed to hit it out of the park this week with the announcement of its new touchscreen smartphone...  Read more

Is the iPhone Finally Ready for Business Use?

Apple has made serious strides in making its smartphone more business-friendly. Here's our verdict on whether it has come far enough.  Read more