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Not so smart.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)

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| March 01, 2009 | Walden, Steve | COPYRIGHT 2009 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Your January 2009 report on cell phones misses an important point about smart phones: Those used as a PDA must be synched with a computer, and not all smart phones do so easily. For example, Palm's ...

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