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Smartphones That Can Power Up Your ProductivityNeed backup? The smartphone is your new personal assistant.

ByJohn Patrick Pullen

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Doing more with less is the norm for small businesses. Everyone is responsible for booking their own appointments, holding their own calls and dashing off their own memos. Luckily, today'ssmartphonesare commoditizing these basic functions, packing more timesaving, problem-solving features into each new generation of handsets. Upgrade to one of our picks and power up your productivity.

Nokia Lumia 900
Photo courtesy of Nokia

The Networker
Nokia Lumia 900 ($100)
Network: AT&T

有这么ft, curved edges and a bright cyan color option,the 900looks like a toy, and its Windows-powered 4.3-inch display does play very well with all sorts of Microsoft products, from Excel to Xbox. The 16 GB of storage (with no expansion slots) can be boosted to 41 GB by accessing Microsoft's Skydrive cloud service for free. That service is fairly seamless when running on super-fast LTE wireless networks.

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