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A recently conducted federal survey indicates that more than a quarter of young adults have only cell phones, making them the leading edge of a strengthening move away from traditional landline telephones.
The data from the survey were based on interviews with people in 13,056 households from June through December last year. Here are some highlights:
- 15% of Hispanic adults, 13% of black adults, 12% of Asians and 11% of whites had only cell phones
- 22% of the poorest adults had only cell phones, double the rate for those who are not poor
- 13% of males and 11% of females had cell phones only
- Nearly 2% of adults had no phone at all.
More information is available on Cellular-News.com.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
