No mobile warrior would be caught working anywhere without a cell phone. It's your lifeline, your constant connection to your business. It can be daunting to wade through the many phone candidates, but the wide variety available means you can find one that's right for you. Keep in mind that pricing can vary depending on the plan you get.

Overseas travelers should check into a world phone like the $230 LG (WWW. LGUSA.COM) L1400. Like most phones these days, it has a camera. It also works on the GSM/GPRS network, so you're covered in the United States and Europe.

SAMSUNG'S (WWW.SAMSUNG. COM) A795 is an update to its previous world phone, the a790. It covers CDMA and GSM networks, and features advanced voice recognition and 64MB of internal memory. A clamshell design makes it stylish as well as functional. The price had not been set at press time.

The $550 SIEMENS (WWW.SIEMENS. COM) SX66 is a Pocket PC phone with a host of extras, like Wi-Fi, infrared, Bluetooth and USE This all comes in a familiar, compact PDA-style form, but with the bonus of a nifty, slide-out keyboard. It's a good example of how the line between phone and PDA continues to blur.

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