The Book of Wireless, Second Edition

Choosing a Smartphone

The best place to find a new smartphone with broadband wireless access is the service provider whose network you want to use. You can either choose the model you want and look for a service provider that supports it, or you can select a service provider and limit your choices to its list of models. Most mobile telephone companies and wireless service providers have retail stores and websites where you can compare the specific models that are compatible with their networks.

Because most PDAs and smartphones have small display screens, their designers have squeezed a lot of program icons and other information into a tiny space. This can make it considerably more difficult to operate a handheld device than a full-size computer ...