One of the most primary time assets you can own is a great Smartphone.
Why? This principle of efficient time investment: you must be able to carry your current 1) calendar 2) tasks and 3) contacts at all times. Today's Smartphones allow whatever to as a matter of fact live by this principle. They readily sync calendar, tasks, and contacts, development your primary data very portable.
These phones can carry whole filing cabinets of information. You and I no longer need to lug colse to paper planners, bursting at the seams with post it notes, enterprise cards, and hopelessly outdated touch information. I have all of my current contacts, many with pictures, as well as all of my appointments and tasks in my phone.
Perhaps once per week I am asked the following question: "I am switching to a new mobile phone provider. Which definite phone do you recommend?" For the advantage of whatever else with this question, I've compiled a current list of the top two phones I would propose from the top five major U.S. Carriers.
Note 1: This list has a strong bias toward Windows Smartphones. This is because years of working one-on-one with clients have shown repeatedly that Windows-based phones use the most trustworthy system for syncing data from your computer to your phone. For an explanation about my preference for Smartphones, please read my 2008 article: Which Phone is the Smart Phone?.
Note 2: I am not a reseller for any of these phones or carriers. I do not get a kickback for recommending a particular brand of phone.
Note 3: With regrets to my international readers, I understandably needed to focus this list on a particular geographic region, so I focused on U.S. Carriers only. The good news is most international carriers have equivalent models available.
Note 4: This list focuses on only the top four U.S. Carriers from 2008 (in order of most subscribers): At&T, Verizon, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile.
The following are the phones I currently propose my clients purchase:
At&T
High-end: Htc Fuze
Budget: Lg Incite
Verizon
High-end: Htc Touch Pro
Budget: Verizon Wireless Xv6900
Sprint Nextel
High-end: Htc Touch Pro
Budget: Moto Q 9c
T-Mobile
Only Option: T-Mobile Dash - Black
T-Mobile Note: While T-Mobile service offers poor phone selection, a Gsm-based phone from a distinct carrier can be unlocked to work on the T-Mobile network.
Productivity Coaching - Recommended Phones For 2009