Your Cellphone's Inner Spielberg

Mobile phones with video-recording capabilities have come of age, but but how many people make movies with their mobiles? The WSJ says not many so far but gives some interesting stats on the US cell phone market.

-- Mobile-phone sales in the U.S. are projected to reach $16 billion this year, up from $13.5 billion in 2005, according to the Consumer Electronics Association.

-- Verizon Wireless customers sent 7.4 billion text messages during fourth quarter 2005

-- The percentage of cellphones that can record video is climbing: making up about 30% of those shipped world-wide in 2005.

emily | 1:27 PM | Random Stats |
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