Dividends are great tools for investors and can be even more helpful during volatile market periods like this one. Not only are dividends yours once they pay out, but you can reinvest them in more shares to compound your gains.

But dividends come in all different shapes and sizes, so what appeals to Jack might not fit Jill's investment strategy. Here are three very different dividend-paying tech stocks with stellar fundamentals you can count on.

Some income investors simply want the biggest yields they can possibly get from their dividend stocks, and telecommunications giant AT&T (NYSE: T) is an excellent stock for achieving that. AT&T is the largest U.S. wireless carrier in the U.S., with 44% of the market. Telecom companies are essentially utilities -- customers generally prioritize paying their bills each month, and as our reliance on smartphones is only increasing, that is unlikely to change.

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