By Peter Cohen, With MacBooks, Wi-Fi-only iPads and other Wi-Fi-only devices, we have an increasing desire for Internet access when we’re out of the range of a local Wi-Fi hotspot. But we’re also reluctant to lose our unlimited iPhone data plan with a more limited plan that includes tethering, or to buy a mobile hotspot that incurs a monthly Full Story

By John D. Sutter, Doug Wilson takes his smartphone everywhere. When the 28-year-old wakes up, he snatches the phone from the nightstand to read Twitter feeds and Facebook messages before he gets out of bed. During the day, he tends to carry the iPhone 4 in his hand. Putting it in his pocket would be too risky, he said, because he might miss a photo Full Story

In the ever-growing concern of smartphones and smartphone users, one abstraction has get clean cloudless: We all love our own sound, but we hate yours. Smartphones possess changed how numerous of us convey. They also can thrust us demented -- not because of our own dead acceptable activeness, but of the stimulative habits of the uncouth hordes around us. Sounds Full Story

By Mark Milian, The iPhone 4 may be an attractive gadget, but keeping it looking good can be a high-maintenance task. Owners of Apple's newest smartphone are 82 percent more likely than those with older models to have their digital companions damaged in the first four months they own them, according to a report by SquareTrade. The company, which Full Story

By Amy Gahran, While the Android mobile operating system is free, the smartphones and tablets that use it have generally been rather pricey and thus out of reach for many consumers. But now, Android is getting more accessible to typical consumers -- both in terms of usability and (more importantly) price. At last week's CTIA mobile technology conference Full Story