The Verizon Hub is an all-in-one device that could become your home's new communications center. It combines the basic functionality of a connected digital photo frame and a calendar with advanced communications features such as unlimited text and ...

Elegant interface. Visual voice mail. Doubles as a digital photo frame

Pricey for what you get. Limited streaming content, Web-connected features. Purchase and use limited to Verizon Wireless customers

The Verizon Hub is on the right track toward a one-stop home phone/digital media kiosk, but poor integration, high cost, and a required Verizon Wireless subscription limit its broad appeal.

This VoIP offering costs considerably less than a basic telco service but gives you a lot more bang for the buck.

Very good call quality. Lets you choose from a list of available phone numbers. Advanced call-hunt and do-not-disturb features. Many features can be activated or deactivated from your phone.

No price break for prepaying annually. Stark, uninviting control panel. Higher-than-average international rates. Static during heavy file-swapping.

Though not a standout among Voice over IP providers, VoicePulse delivers reliable phone service and enough features to satisfy most residential users.

Lets you beam live video between AT&T phones. Works well.

Expensive. Works only in some cities, with some phones. No two-way video calling.

AT&T's live video-sharing service works well, but unfortunately, it's way too expensive for heavy use.

Blaze across the virtual globe with the Sierra AirCard 875U, the fastest, most flexible way to connect your laptop PC to AT&T's high-speed network and to dozens of other computer systems in foreign lands. High-speed wireless connection solutions are ...

Fast ; easy to remove SIM ; works with wide range of PCs

Lumpy

The Sierra Wireless 875U USB dongle may stick out awkwardly from your PC, but it also provides the best high-speed connectivity available on AT&T Wireless.

Speedy. Works with both PC and Mac laptops with ExpressCard slots.

Expensive.

If you have an ExpressCard laptop, you've probably been waiting for this card. You now have permission to buy.

First ExpressCard for EV-DO. Excellent performance.

Wireless carriers are holding it hostage.

First ExpressCard for EV-DO. Excellent performance.

Service Provider: Cingular Wireless, Cellular Technology : GPRS, Service Bands: 850, 802.11x: No, Mac Compatible: N...

Internal antenna. Easy to remove SIM.

No UMTS roaming. Drops to EDGE more quickly than the Sierra AirCard.

The Novatel U730 is a good HSDPA card, though it drops to EDGE when HSDPA signals are very weak.

Service Provider: Cingular Wireless, Cellular Technology : GPRS, Service Bands: 850, 802.11x: No, Mac Compatible: N...

Good performance in weak-signal locations.

Long, slightly awkward antenna. No UMTS roaming.

The Sierra 860 doggedly hangs on to weak HSDPA signals, making it the better option of Cingular's two high-speed network cards.

Service Provider: Verizon Wireless, Cellular Technology : EV-DO, Service Bands: 850, 802.11x: No, Mac Compatible: N...

Lowest priced Verizon EV-DO card.

Slower than the competition. No Mac support. No external antenna jack.

This EV-DO cellular PC Card for laptops is of the budget variety, and, as they say, you get what you pay for.

Service Provider: Sprint PCS, Cellular Technology : CDMA 1X, Service Bands: 850, 802.11x: No, Mac Compatible: No, S...

Internal antenna.

Doesn't show EV-DO coverage before you connect. Limited Sprint EV-DO network. Expensive.

It's a compact, convenient way to access Sprint's EV-DO network.