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A recent survey of over 1000 British teenagers by Mobiroo has revealed some interesting holiday trends. 61% of the kids, aged 11 – 18, said a mobile phone was on their wishlist. Of those, 17% were pretending that they still believed in Santa to get their parents on the hook for a phone, lest their childish, innocent hope be shattered into a million pieces. The teens were all business at the end of the day, though; 77% made their expected gifts explicit, and 20% admitted to being rude in the past if they didn’t get what they wanted. In those cases, 20% would give the gift to chairty, and 42% would give it to a friend or family member.
It’s not much of a surprise to see that phones are high priority for the young’uns, but the combo of deception and brute will being used is just a little disconcerting. Sadly, that’s a trend that likely spreads outside the world of mobile phones and the holidays – here’s hoping they grow out of it. Of course, if you’re really bothered by spoiled kids at Christmas, you could always try to pull a Jimmy Kimmel.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
