[TechRepublic] Taking your smartphone for a ride

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Taking your smartphone for a car ride If you ever use your smartphone in a car, learn about accessories, software, phone features, and best practices that can make it safer and more productive to talk or search the web while you're on the go. Read more Resource of the day Test Drive Recovery Manager for Exchange Take Recovery Manager for Exchange for a "QuestDrive" today. You'll get to evaluate Recovery Manager for Exchange and explore how quickly and easily it restores Exchange data--and you don't have to download or install a thing. Firefox 4 for Android is feature rich but slow Read Jack Wallen's first impressions of how well Firefox 4 for Android handles bookmarks, add-ons, syncing, PDF rendering, and more. See if he ultimately prefers Android's built-in browser or Firefox 4. Read more Windows Phone 7 tombstoning explained Windows Phone 7 developers can use tombstoning to provide an excellent user experience that is very similar to multitasking. Justin James provides more details about the tombstoning concept. Read more Conceptualizing Chromebooks, Chrome OS, and HTML5-based apps According to Donovan Colbert, Chromebooks and Chrome OS aren't that revolutionary or different from other platforms - they just add an abstraction layer between the user and the application run-time environment. Do you agree? Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Geek Gifts 2011: The Unofficial LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 Inventor's Guide The Unofficial LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 Inventor's Guide book has instructions on how to build and program four more robot models with a LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 set. Find out if Wally Bahny thinks... Read more Geek Gifts 2011: X Rocker Pro Series Pedestal gaming chair The X Rocker Pro Series Pedestal gaming chair envelopes the user in a cocoon of sound and vibration, but is that enough to recommend it for the gaming geek in your life? Read more Featured multimedia   Motorola Droid X2 (photos) The successor to the popular Droid X is finally here. Find out what's new (or not) in the Motorola Droid X2 here. View on site LG Phoenix (photos) The LG Phoenix is a very affordable option for those seeking an entry-level Android smartphone on AT&T Wireless. View on site Must-read Sanity Check posts Stop being duped by the 3D scam While IT pros scoff, Google Chromebooks will likely seduce businesses Poll: Is youth or experience more valuable for working in IT? Goodbye Firefox. Hello Chromium. Today's recommended downloads Test Drive Recovery Manager for Exchange (Quest Software) Ensure High Availability for Critical Systems and Apps (Quest Software) Paper and Ink or Ones and Zeros: Protecting Your Documents (All of Them) (TechRepublic) Improving Airflow in a Raised-Floor Data Center (American Power Conversion (APC)) VMware Recovery Revolution (Veeam Software) Perennial favorites   Smartphones with the lowest and the highest radiation levels How businesses can cut cell phone costs 12 ways for smartphones to be more business-ready Ways to improve your mobile computing experience Five tips for freeing up PC hard disk space You can degunk your PC and reclaim a surprising amount of disk space. Here are a few things worth trying. TechRepublic newsletters   Get Mac tips, the latest IT news updates, product reviews, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Macs in Business Sanity Check Product Spotlight Five Tips 10 Things

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