Communications Products


The End Of The Line

It is hard to believe that, just a decade ago, American Telephone & Telegraph Co. was the only phone company in town. Back then, Ma Bell owned all the...  Read story

Smartphones: For Work -- and For Life

Once you start using a smartphone can you ever live without it again?  Read story

Which Cell Phone Is Smartest for Business?

How do you choose between not only BlackBerry and iPhone, but Google's Android, Windows Mobile, Palm Pre and others?  Read story

A New Way to Access Files Remotely

GoToMYPC and LogMeIn are tools that let you access your files from anywhere  Read story

Smartphone Spending Up

Nearly a third of U.S. small-business owners use a Blackberry or other mobile device to check e-mail.  Read story

Talking Opportunity

Rental car start-up switches focus to a more profitable cellular-phone-rental venture.  Read story

Employers Embrace Online Training

A survey finds Web 2.0 is lagging behind online training as a workplace tool.  Read story

Cordless Phone with Internet Voice Calling

Nov. 9, 2006 -- Linksys, a division of San Jose, Calif.-based Cisco systems, is partnering with Yahoo Messenger to offer a cordless phone...  Read story

Packet8 Compatible With More Cell Phone Models

8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) 's Packet8 MobileTalk international VoIP calling service is now compatible with close to 450 different mobile phone models, including Bl...  Read story

VTech Launches Cordless Phone System with Bluetooth Capabilities

VTech Communications, a division of VTech Holdings (OTC:VTH), has introduced a new expandable cordless phone system designed for homes and small offices. ...  Read story

Former Inc. 500 Firm Partners with Amazon.com

Jan. 12, 2007 -- InPhonic, a Washington-based wireless services firm, announced Friday it has begun selling its Wirefly.com brand mobile ...  Read story

Predictive Text Software for Mobile Phones

Jan. 23, 2007 -- Eatoni Ergonomics, a New York-based hardware and software company, on Tuesday launched a predictive text system for mobi...  Read story

VTech Launches Cordless Phone System with Bluetooth Capabilities

VTech Communications, a division of VTech Holdings (OTC:VTKHY), has introduced a new expandable cordless phone system designed for homes and small office...  Read story

The No. 1 Company

Who says that InPhonic founder David Steinberg has, at age 35, as good a head for business as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs? Try his mentor, Mr. John Sculley.  Read story

Car-Phone Pros and Cons

Different companies' experiences with the cost of and other problems with employees' use of car phones.  Read story

New Nokia N97 Smartphone

At CES over the weekend, I got a brief demo of the N97, the smartphone that Nokia officially announced last month. The phone will be released in Europe the f...  Read story

Stranded

Inc. 's Road Warrior lists the country's three best airports for a business traveler to be delayed in. He describes the workstations, business servic...  Read story

AT&T, RIM Launch Blackberry for SMBs

The new smartphone includes built-in GPS support for location-based apps.  Read story

The Next New--Potentially Illegal--Thing

In part one of Inc .'s interview with Larry Downes, the author of the forthcoming The Laws of Disruption , he explains why the legal system is th...  Read story

Benchmark: Who's Going Mobile

A look some statistics that show how Inc. 500 companies have changed their technology over the past four years.  Read story

Microsoft, RIM Offer Windows Live on Blackberry

The integration allows customers to receive automatic message delivery.  Read story

RIM Unveils BlackBerry Small-Business Software

Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM)  has launched new wireless communications and collaboration software specifically tailored and priced for small and ...  Read story

Hostopia E-mail Service Compatible With Blackberry

BlackBerry smartphone users can now receive messages from a Hostopia e-mail account.  Read story

AIRCHARGE Releases BlackBerry Card Swipe Tool

The application allows retailers to accept payments in mobile environments.  Read story

Motorola Expands Mobile Messaging Distribution

The unified mobility solution includes wireless e-mail and other applications.  Read story

AT&T Launches Small Business BlackBerry Apps

The wireless communications package is designed for small businesses.  Read story

8x8 to Deliver Mobile VoIP Overseas Calling Service

8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) has unveiled a new user-friendly mobile calling service that offers affordable, high-quality digital voice for overseas calling. Pa...  Read story

MicroCorp to Resell Hughes Broadband

HughesNet offers cost-efficient broadband for rural businesses without DSL access.  Read story

How to Put Your Website on Cell-Phone Screens

These days, it's not enough to build a good website; to reach customers online, you have to reach them on their mobile phones. Here are two free tools for...  Read story

Microsoft Enhances Smartphone Experience

The updates add desktop-grade Web browsing to Windows Mobile phones.  Read story

See Me, Hear Me

Still hosting the same old teleconferences? These six solutions can help bring long-distance meetings to life.  Read story

Infinite Conferencing

What is success in webcasting and conferencing services worth?  Read story

Cellular Phone Rental (Cheap)

Some rental cellular phones now calculate the charge per call according to the distance and duration of the call.  Read story

Business Travel Budgets Cut

More employers are putting lower costs ahead of comfort and convenience for business trips.  Read story

Keeping in Touch With Smartphones

Our new travel columnists review two new smartphones.  Read story

The Great Persuader

Each February, Inphonic CEO David A. Steinberg holds a poker party for his top executives at Washington, D.C.'s Historic George Town Club. As a reward f...  Read story

Got the Whole World in Your Palm? Better Back It Up!

We're all trying to become more connected as part of the digital lifestyle. During the past few years, handheld devices, such as those based on the Palm O...  Read story

The Portable Surfer

A guide to the wireless Web: What your mobile phone can and cannot do with the Internet.  Read story

Buh-Bye, Bell?

Beema, Inc., a multimedia production house, found that it could save money by using Internet telephony rather than the traditional telecoms. But will it work...  Read story

Computer TV

Aapps Corp. will soon market an add-on device that will turn a portion of a Macintosh computer into a TV screen.  Read story