These 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.

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

If 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.

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

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

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

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

Wiping 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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Accessing 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.