Daily Almanac for
Dec 4, 2009
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How People Use Their Cell Phones

  Percentage of cell owners
who use this feature
Send and receive text messages 35%
Take still pictures 28
Play games 22
Access the Internet 14
Send / receive email 8
Trade instant messages 7
Perform Internet searches 7%
Play music 6
Record their own video clips 6
Get mobile maps 4
Watch video or TV programs 2
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, Associated Press, AOL cell phone survey. March 8–28, 2006.

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Cell Phone Subscribers in the U.S., 1985–2005 Cellphone Use Top 10 Polyphonic Ringtones, 2007
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