Here it is, the middle of summer. This is supposed to be the most relaxing time of year, right? So how come your schedule is chockablock with things to do? The fact of the matter is that most of us have come to regard "free time" as a purely theoretical concept. At least we have our smartphones to fall back on. Remember the days when you had to navigate a busy schedule in the summer heat without the benefit of so much as a calendar app, let alone things like GPS, web browsers and text messaging? What were we thinking? How did our society manage to survive? Are all these questions rhetorical? Who can say?

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Five apps for a wondrous wedding

The big rush of the June wedding season is over, but if your summer schedule is anything like ours, you still have plenty of nuptials on the horizon. Whether you’re a bride, groom, guest of honor or mere well-wisher, there’s an app out there to help take the madness out of matrimony.

iWedding Deluxe for iPhone
Don’t want to go to the expense of hiring a professional wedding planner? Put the plans in your pocket with this all-inclusive app. Keep track of everything from your budget to wedding day photos to those all-important seating arrangements. You have enough to think about already without worrying about your noisy college friends sharing a table with your easily shocked Aunt Eleanor.

Wedding Organizer for BlackBerry
If a to-do list isn’t already a part of your daily routine, there’s nothing like an impending wedding to make it so. This smart, stylish organizer helps your sort through and prioritize all the myriad tasks that make the Happiest Day of Your Life the busiest as well. Sort your tasks in a checklist that makes it easy to tell what’s been done and what still needs doing.

Wedding Bridal Binder for Android
Another indispensable planner app, this one is especially useful for lining up the all-important vendors and services that will make your date stand out. Group your vendors into categories, get tips on which questions to ask in an interview, learn how to give useful feedback and more.


Samsung moves across all carriers:
The Galaxy S series

It’s a heartbreaking scenario for a mobile phone junkie. You read a spec sheet for a handset that sounds like the phone of your dreams. It’s just the right size, offers all the functions you’re looking for and runs on your favorite operating system. It’s perfect in every aspect but one: It’s not available from your current carrier. Unless you’re looking at an expiring contract and ready to jump carriers, you’re pretty much out of luck.

Samsung Galaxy S Series

Unless, of course, your phone of choice is part of the Samsung Galaxy S series. The Korean tech giant is blazing some trails by offering a version of its newest Android smartphone for all four major US carriers. Whether you’re a committed customer of AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile or Verizon, there’s a Galaxy phone for you. Of course, even within the Galaxy domain, all phones are not created exactly equal.

Bear with us here, as this could get a little confusing. Although each of these four phones is a Samsung Galaxy S, they’re not quite identical. For starters, each carrier calls the phone by a different name. The design and available features also vary somewhat from phone to phone. ...

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Of Facebook, smartphones and the future of communication

If you have both a smartphone and a Facebook account, chances are that you use them together frequently. Facebook has pretty much set the bar for mobile social networking almost since the concept was introduced. Now the company intends to extend its mobile efforts even further, bringing more and more of the online experience to your phone.

COMING SOON:
A brand new Look

The rumors are true – BestBuyMobile.com is getting a makeover. Starting this August, we’ll not only be revamping the look of the site, but also expanding our coverage of the mobile issues that matter most to you. That includes a wider range of monthly columns, more unboxing videos for hot mobile phones, a more streamlined user comment system and more. That’s in addition to our constantly updated feeds of news, reviews and rumors from our extensive network of partners. Keep watching this space for a whole new take on the info that matters for your mobile life.