If you hate speakerphones, you may like headsets. The most versatile phones are mobile phones. Cell-phone providers make it easy to upgrade your service, so start at the bottom until you determine your usage pattern. In special circumstances, you may also want a pager. Basic paging services are also slightly less expensive than cell phones, can send silent messages by vibrating and don't have batteries that run down.
Interactive pagers have little keyboards for e-mail and access to stock quotes and sports scores.
Clients will be able to reach you without interrupting a meeting. What's more, during a meeting, you could potentially send an e-mail and get an answer before you're through. Mailing and Shipping Printed postage, if you can justify the cost, is convenient and enhances your image. FedEx Corp. and Airborne Express make their services user-friendly for steady customers, so call both about opening an account. Both have software for printing shipping documents.