• Is It Time for Employee-Provisioned Hardware?

  
  Employee provisioning of laptops and PDAs is the next logical step in the consumerization of IT. But figuring out the right parameters can be tricky.

• Wipe Your BlackBerry Clean

  
  In several situations, Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry users will want to delete all the data on their smartphones and restore their default settings. The following five-step process walks you through wiping your BlackBerry good and clean.
• O'Reilly Launches IPhoneLive Conference
• ISkin Intros Solo Case for IPhone 3G
• Asian Markets Boost Cell Phone Sales
• Microsoft to Expand Warana Project to Vietnam
• CapsuleNeo Case Protects IPhone 3G
• Nokia Comes With Music Comes to Market at Last
• Growth in Symbian Phone Sales Continues to Slow
• IPhone to Be Sold by Two Russian Companies

Editor's Phones Picks

• Top 10 Smart Phones PC World Test Center reviews found that these 10 models are the best of the smart phones, also known as PDA phones.

Phones Reviews

• Navigon 2100 Max GPS Device This device will get you where you're going--if you can tolerate its quirks.
• Samsung Instinct PDA Phone At $130 with a two-year contract, the Instinct is a good handset and a great deal. But this iPhone look-alike is unlikely to slay Apple's upcoming 3G handset.
• HTC Touch Dual Smart Phone The Touch Dual's slight changes make it a good--but pricey--BlackBerry Pearl competitor.

Phones News

• O'Reilly Launches IPhoneLive Conference Book publisher and conference organizer, O'Reilly Media, announced a new conference targeted to the iPhone. iPhoneLive will be...
• ISkin Intros Solo Case for IPhone 3G iSkin on Wednesday introduced the solo “bodyguard” for the iPhone 3G, a new form-fitting case. It costs $29.99.
• Is It Time for Employee-Provisioned Hardware? Employee provisioning of laptops and PDAs is the next logical step in the consumerization of IT. But figuring out the right parameters can be tricky.
• Microsoft to Expand Warana Project to Vietnam Microsoft will expand a program that uses mobile phone SMSs to make computer commands to a province in Vietnam.
• Wipe Your BlackBerry Clean In several situations, Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry users will want to delete all the data on their smartphones and restore their default settings. The following five-step process walks you through wiping your BlackBerry good and clean.

Phones Playing in PCW Video

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  Prada Phone Goes 3G LG has unveiled a 3G version of its Prada phone.
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  Samsung Shows Off "Soul" Samsung has launched the latest (and last) in its line of Ultra edition cellphone handsets, dubbed "Soul."
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  Windows Mobile 6.1 Offers Web Browser/YouTube Support Microsoft updates Windows Mobile 6.1 with a full HTML browser, and support for Flash and YouTube, among other features.

Phones Slideshows

• Holy Batgear! 10 New Gadgets for Batman's Utility Belt (and Cave) Catching an evil genius requires sophisticated tools. Here are some tech toys we think the Dark Knight really ought to be carrying.
• 'Get Smart' Phones You Can Actually Get Once a joke, belt phones, pen phones, and wristwatch phones are now a reality.

Phones How-Tos

• Six Hacks For Your Mobile Gear Unlock your iPhone, supercharge your camera, and take your TiVo shows on the road for free. These six hacks unleash the hidden power in your mobile gadgets.
• Clever iPhone Tricks Did you know you can dictate e-mail messages to your iPhone? That's just one of the tricks up our sleeves.
• On the Web: Free Headsets and Rebates It's all out there: free cell-phone headsets, help getting refunds from big-name retailers, and, of course, cell phones making popcorn.