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Making Yourself @Home

T-Mobile USA now offers a landline for your wireless account that's easy to set up and useĀ­—and it's a bargain

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Cell Phones

Vonage's Functional V-Portal

The Internet phone company's new adapter has some nice features, but overall offers only basic capabilities. The screen menus need work, too

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Juggling Phones Like a Pro

Plantronics' Calisto Pro phone system enables multitaskers with a handset and headset for landline, cellular, and Internet calls

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Cell Phones

VZ Navigator: GPS on the Cheap

You'll know which way to turn with this simple, feature-packed service that turns your cell phone into a navigation device

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The ooma Headache

An unimpressive ride with a Web-calling device billed as a new era in voice communication

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T-Mobile's Newest HotSpot: Right @Home

The wireless service provider now offers subscribers a new way to make calls from home without a landline

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Web Services

GrandCentral: Where Six Become One

This nifty online service allows consumers to manage up to six phone numbers easily—for free. All this and cool features, too?

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Tech Product

A Cut Above the Ordinary Cordless

VTech has put together a package that looks good, sounds great, and couldn't be easier to use. What's not to like?

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Cell Phones

Disney's Mobile Nanny

The service lets parents track kids' whereabouts and control cell phone use, but it comes at a price

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Tech Product

Vonage's Peculiar V-Phone

The headset-and-memory-stick combo lets you make Internet calls on the go, but it requires a PC linkup and the service plan isn't cheap

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Tech Product

Netgear's Phone in the Rough

This Wi-Fi- and Skype-compatible device boasts excellent call quality, but setup and dialing calls to regular phones can be arduous

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Phone Services

Philips' Flawed Skype Phone

The VOIP841 generally works well with the Internet calling service, but too many kinks overshadow the cordless phone's features

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Tech Product

Motorola's Mediocre C51

The phone's combo wireless-landline operation works fine, but other features such as the AV intercom need more time in the development lab

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Tech Product

VTech's Very Good i5871

Stylish, practical and easy to use—all the features I like best in a phone

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Tech Product

Uniden's Very Friendly Web Phone

The WIN 1200 is easy to set up and use and supports 911 calls, things that aren't standard with Web-calling services

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Tech Product

Better Net Phoning with the GE DECT 6.0

This wireless, versatile handset makes calls with a landline or via Skype—but when is Skype going to get it together?

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Web Services

Putting a Face to the Voice

The Packet8 VideoPhone from 8x8 offers video calling at a low price, though it lacks other bells and whistles common to most VoIP providers

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Web Services

Verizon's VoiceWing Flies

The biggest U.S. phone company's Internet-based calling service offers excellent quality and a bevy of features -- though not all are easy to use

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Web Services

Love, VoIP-Style

Why AT&T CallVantage, the Internet phone service with the venerable telecom's name, stole my skeptical heart

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Tech Product

It's Hard to Pick Up Lingo

Primus' VoIP service offers low-cost international calls, and that part of the service works well. The trouble starts with the special features

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Tech Product

AOL's Muffled Voice

TotalTalk VoIP service aims to meld e-mail, instant messaging, and phone functions. But the technology doesn't match its ambition

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Automobile

Good Call, Comcast

Digital Voice costs more than many rival VoIP services, but quality, reliability, and professional installation make it a standout

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Web Services

Skype Has People Talking

The popular, Internet-based phone service boasts some innovative features. But it's not ready to replace your landline

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