How-To Cell Phone Guides

Here are four steps for spotting and avoiding costly cell phone fines.

CyberSynchs and Microsoft’s My Phone are competing services that perform automatic data backups for various cellphones.

AT&T has (finally) activated MMS for the iPhone. Here's how you use iPhone MMS.

Push Gmail offers a faster way to get new e-mail messages on your iPhone. Here's a guide to adding this handy feature.

Syncing your Palm Pre smartphone with iTunes can be a really handy way to transfer music and photos to your phone. Here's how to sync your Palm Pre with iTunes.

Using a Bluetooth headset with your Palm Pre can be a liberating experience. It keeps your hands free, which is not just convenient -- it's also a much safer way to use your phone while driving. Here's how to do it.

If you have a shiny new Palm Pre, you'll want to get your contacts on there. Here's a step-by-step guide to transferring contacts from Microsoft Outlook to your Palm Pre.

Whether you purchased your iPhone in the store or ordered it online, you still need to connect it to iTunes to get it up and running. Doing so allows you to transfer information and data (including your music collection and more) to your new iPhone.

Updating your iPhone's software is one way to make sure you're taking advantage of all its features. Here's a step-by-step guide that tells you how to update your iPhone software.

Using a Bluetooth headset can be a liberating experience. Here's how to connect (or "pair") a Bluetooth headset to an iPhone.

You don't have to be tied to your TV to catch the action of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The Web browser on your smartphone can let you access news, results, and--in some cases--video highlights from the Games while you're on the go. Here are some tips on where to find mobile Olympic coverage.

Restoring your iPhone to its original factory settings is a way to repair any damages you've done to the phone by downloading unauthorized software. It's not guaranteed to fix your problems, but it is your best bet. Here's a step-by-step tutorial that walks you through the steps needed to restore your iPhone.

The iPhone has its strengths, to be sure. Unfortunately, productivity software is not the iPhone's strong point. Apple's smartphone does not come with any applications designed to let you create, view, or edit word processing documents or spreadsheets. Here's an easy way to access your files from your phone.

Good Housekeeping provides a resource for understanding cell phone care and maintenance.

This is a step-by-step guide of how to save a wet cell phone from wikiHow.

This is a helpful guide from the Consumer Reports blog on how to thwart cell phone spam.

PC World offers a helpful, big-picture guide about how to buy a cell phone.

CNN.com provides a helpful guide about how to keep overseas costs low for cell phones.

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Finding a cheaper cell phone plan can save you big bucks. Here are a few places to look.