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Going Mobile

From Windows XP micro-machines to Web-savvy phones, a new generation of portable devices lets you take data and the Net just about anywhere. We rate 12 contenders.

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Just because you don't want to schlep a laptop doesn't mean you can't stay connected. For a few years now, cell phones, PDAs, and portable computers have been shrinking, merging, and converging into a number of tiny data/communications devices. These smart phones, PDA/phone combos, and handheld PCs can keep you plugged in to e-mail, instant messaging, voice calls, and even the Web, wherever you go.

Our Editor's Picks, the PalmOne Treo 650 and the RIM BlackBerry 7100t, take very different approaches to creating a compact, cell-phone-size device that does all those tasks well. While the PDA phones we looked at were clearly the best all-around units, some people may prefer a more specialized phone or a handheld PC. To help you pick the device that best suits your needs, we looked at a number of mobile communicators, rating them on their screen quality, ease of Web surfing, phone quality, and ease of text entry. (Click here for more information on all of the products we reviewed in this article.)

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