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While not really a picture of the day, more like a chart of day, here is what mobile phone ownership looks like for American children between the ages of 6 and 11 and how that figure has changed between 2005 and 2009. The sample size is 5,000.
Note how the largest jump in mobile phone ownership took place in the 10-11 year old age range, going up 80.5% in just 4 years. When did you get your first mobile phone? How old were you? I was in my last year of high school, or a junior, can’t really remember, and of course it was a Nokia. Back then everyone had a Nokia, and we all had custom shells, custom keypads, custom batteries that had bright LEDs which would go off in sequence on an incoming call.
Those were the days.
[Via: Tim O'Reilly]
About The Author
Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
