April 4, 2007
How Americans Use their Cell Phones
The cell phone has become an integral and, for some, essential communications tool that has helped owners gain help in emergencies. Fully 74% of the Americans who own mobile phones say they have used their hand-held device in an emergency and gained valuable help, according to a Pew Internet & American Life Project study.
Other findings:
-- Some 41% of cell phone owners say they fill in free time when they are traveling or waiting for someone by making phone calls.
-- Among cell phone users, men (32%) are more likely than women (25%) to admit they sometimes don’t drive as safely as they should.
-- 82% of all Americans and 86% of cell users report being irritated at least occasionally by loud and annoying cell users who conduct their calls in public places.
-- 8% dmit they themselves have drawn criticism or irritated stares from others when they are using their cell phones in public.
-- 36% of cell owners say they have been shocked from time to time at the size of their monthly bills.
The above was abstracted from the Pew Internet & American Life Project via Cellular News
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