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Cell phones.(Computers, Phones, & Peripherals: Portable and Versatile)(Buyers guide)
Complex pricing schemes and incompatible technologies can make it hard to find the right calling plan to go with the right handset.
There are now more than 200 million cell-phone subscribers, an average of more than one per household. Of those, close to 10 percent use a cell phone (aka a mobile phone) as their only phone, and that number is steadily growing. Phone manufacturers and wireless-service providers are promoting new generations of equipment that let users do much more than merely make phone calls.
Despite its popularity, wireless service has a reputation for problems: dead zones, where you can't get service; calls that inexplicably end in ...
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