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Springpad's radically revamped version makes it obvious that the company wants to further distinguish itself by emphasizing its social networking capabilities.

For me, the prepaid phone was simply a stopgap until I found a "postpaid" phone that I liked. But for many others, prepaid phones are a solution for the high costs, two-year contractual handcuffs and other difficulties of most current postpaid carriers.

At the introduction of the new Evo 4G LTE smartphone, attention was paid to a long-neglected aspect of these devices -- the quality of the call.

Plantronics' new Bluetooth earbuds offer more convenience than your standard wired earbuds along with quality audio.

For years, vendors have issued a steady stream of low-cost printers that seem like bargains to unwary buyers until they start replacing the ink, and realize how expensive that "cheap" printer really is.

They don't explicitly say that Posterous is going to languish and eventually become an ex-service, a short and occasionally visited entry in Wikipedia -- but the writing on the wall seems fairly clear.

If you want to follow the contests yourself using your mobile device (so that you won't miss a minute of the various interviews, accusations, denials, photo ops and declarations of victory), there are a number of resources out there.

Cameras have become popular with smartphone buyers, to the point where they're no longer considered modest add-ons, but important features. The ability to create higher-quality photos and video will certainly be a large part of the marketing push for HTC's latest line of smartphones: HTC One.

The latest version of Google Docs, which became available yesterday, means that it is finally a truly usable mobile word processor for Android devices.

There have been some efforts to offer services that handle health issues online; Google's recently shut-down Google Health service, for example. One of the latest to be introduced is CareZone, an online service that offers to help caretakers track all the information they need in order to be more effective -- and less crazed.

There has been of bit of ridicule aimed at Samsung's Galaxy Note recently, even before it's become available to U.S. consumers. Not simply because of the recent Super Bowl commercial, which was, let us say, a bit over the top. But because it comes with a stylus.

If you're also trying to figure out where you stand on the issue, here are links to Google's new privacy statement -- and the marketing that Google is doing to make its users understand and accept it.

Matt Hamblen's recent article on e-book borrowing illustrates the difficulties libraries are facing in the digital age. It's too bad, because libraries are an important resource.

With the constant bombardment of new tech toys that journalists, buyers and other industry people are subjected to at CES, we can sometimes forget that we aren't everyone.

It's encouraging that there are companies out there that are working to find solutions that can fit both corporate and consumer needs.