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Tip: Free Books, Audio, Video For Your Smartphone

AmyThese are tough times and that's when people turn back to reliable sources of free stuff. Think your public library is a bricks-and-mortar anachronism? How about e-books, e-videos, and e-audio books for free? Download to your computer, transfer to your smartphone and, viola, you're loaded for entertainment without spending a dime.

Tip: Windows Mobile — Turn Your Smartphone Into a Remote

AmyStep-by-step instructions to turn your smartphone into a remote to control your PC.

Tip: When Typing's All About the Thumbs

AmyIf you're coordinated with the digit that opposes your fingers (and distinguishes you from other mammals), then a pull-out QWERTY keyboard may be just the smartphone feature for you.

Tip: Windows Mobile — Managing E-mail

AmyAn overview of the range of options Microsoft offers to help Windows Mobile users manage mob-e-mail.

Roundup: The Best iPhone Apps of the Week

TroyOur weekly roundup of the best free and paid applications available for the iPhone and iPod touch.

Tip: BlackBerry — Organizing Applications

AmyStep-by-step directions to organize the application folders on your BlackBerry.

Tip: Windows Mobile — Using ActiveSync to Reinstall Software

AmyBy installing applications and data through ActiveSync you're giving yourself a backup plan in case of catastrophe.

Tip: BlackBerry — How to Wipe It Clean

AmyWiping a BlackBerry will reset it to the default settings it shipped with—clearing all user files and additional applications. It is a smart thing to do whenever you’re about to part ways with a smartphone.

Tip: BlackBerry: How to Search Your RIM Smartphone

AmyUse your BlackBerry's built-in search feature to find data or an application.

Tip: Smartphone — Mob-E-Mail Can Help Car Shoppers

AmyDo your research online and then send your smartphone a link to help you remember what vehicles had which characteristics.

Tip: Smartphone — A Good BBC Option for News Junkies

AmyYou can easily get all kinds of content from the BBC Radio 1 on your smartphone.

Tip: Windows Mobile — Installing Updates

Microsoft recommends that you check for Windows Mobile updates about once a month. You can do so directly from your smartphone or through your desktop.

Tip: Windows Mobile — Encrypt Your Memory Card

You take precautions with your data and that should extend to the information you store on your smartphone using a microSD card.

Tip: Windows Mobile — Poor Placement of 'Do Not Download' Mob-E-Mail Option

Selecting "Do Not Download" when meaning to choose "Send/Receive" while reading a mob-e-mail message on your smartphone can prevent you from downloading that particular e-mail later on—be it on your Windows Mobile or desktop. Here we explain how to recover the message in question and offer some tips on how to help prevent this from happening to you in the first place.

Tip: Windows Mobile — FriendMobilizer

AmyAccessing Facebook via a mobile browser can be tedious. Now, Windows Mobile 6 users can access a Facebook application made just for them, much in the way BlackBerry users long have done so.

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