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Choosing a new smartphone can be tough as I’m finding out. Even before you can figure out exactly which model to get you need to decide which OS you want to run. Windows CE / Mobile / Phone or whatever they’re calling it this week has come a long way. iPhones have that shiny Apple logo on them that people get very excited about and there are tons of fun aps for it. Android is quite powerful, provides multitasking, and has an ever expanding app market as well. Palm WebOS is an interesting experiment in cloud computing. These are some of the bigger ones but they’re not the only choices by any means.

Thesearethedroids.com has a 3-part series of articles comparing these phone operating systems to each other. Well, the site is Android-biased so they compare them all to Android, but they do a good job of presenting some of the pros and cons of each. They’re definitely worth a read if you’re trying to find your new favorite smartphone.

Choosing a Smartphone, Part 1: Android vs. Windows Phone 7
Choosing a Smartphone, Part 2: Android vs. Palm WebOS
Choosing a Smartphone, Part 3: Android vs. iPhone

The touch screens in phones are pretty tough these days, but when they break the phone is pretty much toast.  Or is it?  It turns out the LCD screen in the T-Mobile Wing is actually pretty easy to replace, and I’ll show you how.

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The Apple iPhone is out and ifixit was kind enough to save us all the trouble of breaking our brand-new toys by taking one apart for us. You know you want to see what’s inside…

UPDATE: ifixit is now offering online guides detailing how to replace various parts of the iPhone. Definitely worth a look if you want to tear yours apart.

More and more portable devices connect to their chargers via mini-USB 2.0 connectors.  In this article I’ll show you how to build a car charger for your Blackberry, Pocket PC, phone, PSP, bluetooth headset, etc. out of junk you probably already have lying around your house.

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