Mobile carriers and manufacturers have together created one heck of a summer blockbuster season. The industry's biggest heavyweights-Apple, Palm, Research In Motion and Nokia among them-have all delivered new, feature-packed smartphones that would make a gift-that-keeps-on-giving for any tech-savvy dad this Father's Day. While mugs and T-shirts are great, nothing says #1 Dad like 3G and a touch-screen.
Michelle Maisto has been covering the enterprise mobility space for a decade, beginning with Knowledge Management, Field Force Automation and eCRM, and most recently as the editor-in-chief of Mobile Enterprise magazine. She earned an MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University, and in her spare time obsesses about food. Her first book, The Gastronomy of Marriage, if forthcoming from Random House in September 2009.