No matter where your business travel destination may be, staying in touch with your friends, family and co-workers around the globe is always important. The technology available today in smartphones makes staying in touch simple. You won’t even need to pack your laptop because most smartphones allow you to call, email, text and interact with customers, partners and fellow employees, no matter where you are.

Here is a list of some of the best smartphones for business travelers:

  • Apple’s iPhone 4 is one of the best smartphones for business travelers. It has a clean, sleek design with an excellent, desktop-class web browser. In addition to WiFi and GPS functionality, the phone offers the broadest assortment of downloadable third-party business (and non-business) applications. The iPhone 4 also adds new remote wipe and security capabilities perfect for organizations concerned about lost phones or lost data.
  • If touchscreens aren’t for you, then perhaps the Palm Pre is the smartphone for you. The Pre has both a separate physical keyboard and a slick little touch screen. The phone sports a nice multi-tasking operating system that allows you to switch between open applications easily (something you can’t do with the iPhone). It also supports WiFi, but has limited third-party application availability and no remote wipe capability if the phone is lost.
  • The new BlackBerry Torch 9800 is a great choice for existing BlackBerry users. The BlackBerry Torch has strong enterprise integration capabilities. It also has an integrated GPS and WiFi. This device has a superb fusion of a keyboard and a touchscreen and is the fastest BlackBerry yet. The Blackberry Bold 9700 is also great for business travel.
  • The HTC Droid Incredible and the Motorola Droid X both run on the Android 2.2 network and are very fast phones. The Droid X offers a large screen, support for a corporate calendar, email and contacts (Exchange 2003 and 2007), Google contacts, calendar and Gmail contacts. It also has 3G mobile hotspot capability for up to five hotspot devices.
  • The Google Nexus One, made by HTC, is a solid, entry-level business smartphone. In addition to WiFi, the phone includes GPS capabilities and good email and messaging-oriented features. Since it supports GSM (global system for mobile communications), the phone is also appropriate for travelers heading overseas. It runs on the Android 2.1 network and has the ability to transcribe voice to text, offers noise canceling dual microphones and GPS turn-by-turn voice directions to drivers. It is 3G-capable.

For your next stay in corporate housing San Diego, make sure you have one of these devices with you to conduct all your business and satisfy your personal needs as well. Leave your heavy laptop at home because these smartphones will do it all for you!