Choosing a Business Cell Phone and Plan Quick and Dirty

Are you frustrated with all the decisions you must make when choosing a phone company and the service plan? It should not be complicated. While not looking for the latest phone Gizmodo, the following three steps are all you need to help you choose the phone that is suitable for business.Step One: Understanding the cell phone that includes a cover NeedStep find where you are use the phone again. She works in a city or country? In addition, you often travel aboard and intend to use the phone in the world? If you work primarily in metropolitan areas of the United States, do not worry if you need a GSM, CDMA and TDMA - that all works pretty well. On the other hand, if you work in rural, remote and underdeveloped, it is better CDMA or TDMA phone, since these providers have better coverage in rural / underdeveloped areas.CDMA TDMA providers include Verizon Wireless and Sprint - Nextel. On the other hand, if the intention to use the phone abroad, GSM is the communications standard used outside North America. If you buy a GSM mobile phone so that you can use abroad, be sure and buy the phone "unlocked" which means the phone is not tied to a specific network. With an unlocked GSM phone, you can easily change the SIM card (chip white usually behind the battery) with the national local prepaid SIM cards to avoid costly roaming charges. These local country SIM cards are often available in corner stores countries.In most U.S. GSM providers include Cingular and T-Mobile.Step two: Understanding the cell phone rate plan to understand NeedOnce where it will be first to use the phone again, the next step is to determine what kind of business plan is the most economical for your needs. Most providers offer different plans based on buckets of minutes that are shared between different time periods in a day and / or week.If intend to use your phone mostly during the day, you will need a plan that will give the maximum number of minutes when the sun is high. On the other hand, if you intend to use the phone first weekend, you will need a plan that gives the number of minutes maximimum Saturday and Sunday. These are two extremes - other plans offer a combination of weekdays, evenings and weekends minutes.If not sure call your employer, take the first month free promotions offered by many vendors to understand when their calls and then pass the plan accordingly, if necessary. Many telephone companies to analyze phone use, if necessary, and recommend a plan that reduces the monthly cost.Step Three: Buy your new cell PhoneIf're going to buy a GSM phone, since you are traveling and using the phone abroad, make phone tri-band/tri-mode. These phones can run on a multitude of frequencies that operators can use different abroad. Otherwise, do not worry if the phone is tri-band/tri-mode or double mode.Other counts, choosing a cell phone is a matter of taste. In general, if you enter a year or two year contract, the provider of phone often give away a phone that would otherwise cost hundreds of dollars. That is often the best option, but be careful before termination clause, which can impose a fine of $ 200 or more. (C) 2005 Philip Liu - All rights reserved worldwide.Philip Liu writes reviews of mobile technology on his blog, Cell Phone News + Reviews. As a blogger technological tasks, Philip makes it easy to understand how mobile phones and how you can benefit from the latest mobile phone technology. His insightful tutorials, reviews and opinions on gadgets and the latest innovations in mobile phones will become an expert. Philip can be reached through its website where http://www.cellphonenews.net/ welcome your questions and comments.