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Long ago—around 2001—a cell phone that was also a Palm-type organizer was enough to make a gadget freak drool. Now you can get hot video games and a decent MP3 player wrapped up in one device. Lots of handhelds have full Web browsers too, along with instant messaging and a medley of ring tones that are fast becoming standard fare. We even found a GPS tracking device with a built-in jogging computer that you wear on your wrist. Fortunately, many of these new machines also come with improved battery life and enhanced color screens. This is all part of a secret campaign to make the newest mobile devices more irresistible than the ones you already own. And it's working.


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BY WILSON ROTHMAN
PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAMES WORRELL FOR TIME

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	T-Mobile
	Tapwave
	Verizon Wireless
	Garmin
	Handspring
	Sprint PCS
	AT&T Wireless
	Fossil
	Cingular Wireless

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