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We talk a lot about using smartphones to stay productive here at Lifehacker, but those with regular cellphones shouldn't be left out. Weblog MakeUseOf offers a handy guide to keeping up on social networks and staying productive through SMS only.Photo by Jeramy Jannene.

Google Voice may have its own mobile webapp now, but it doesn't provide notifications on your phone when you get new SMS messages. Free web service GVMax solves this problem by putting full SMS support into email and IM on your smartphone.

Google Voice hasn't been in the spotlight much since the iPhone debacle, but Google continues to pack on the features. If you're still not sure what Google Voice has to offer, here's Google's comprehensive Voice guide in video form.

With their new mobile coupons feature, Google wants to make it easier for you to access coupons on the go when you're too busy to sit down with the paper and clip coupons.

GooSync, the Google Calendar syncing service for those without iCal or Outlook-compatible smartphones, announced to subscribers in an email this week that GooSync Free would be unavailable as of Oct. 19. The replacement is GooSync Lite, which goes for £5.99 per year, about $10 in U.S. funds. For unlimited contact backup, multiple calendars, and other goodies, GooSync Premium runs £19.95 per year. Are you a GooSync Free or Premium user?

Modern phones come loaded with bright screens, fun games and apps, and connections for 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS. Not coincidentally, they're constantly out of juice. Here's some of the best collected wisdom about saving your web-connected phone's battery life. Photo by [177].

Having a cellphone is de rigueur, but not all service providers are created equal. According to a new report by Nielson, pricing is the number one consumer concern when signing up for a mobile plan. So how much do you pay? Photo by mujitra.

The Android Market keeps growing, new phones are coming to seemingly every carrier, but finding the best, most useful stuff remains a challenge. We're helping out with 10 apps that get things done and make Android life easier.

Android: The Wifi Toggle Widget turns your Wi-Fi connection on or off with the press of a single button, rather than navigating through a bunch of screens.

If you're uncomfortable sending a message from your mobile phone in plain text, Crypo offers a mobile solution for encrypting and decrypting messages on the go.