Americans Who Use Cell Phones Now Depend More on Them Than Traditional Landlines

AMERICANS WHO USE CELL PHONE NOW DEPEND MORE ON THEM THAN TRADITIONAL LANDLINES
[SOURCE: Associated Press, AUTHOR: Anick Jesdanun]
Americans have become more dependent on their cell phones than conventional phones. For the first time, Americans say they would have more trouble giving up a cell phone than a traditional phone, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said in a report Wednesday. Less than two years earlier, respondents still considered their landlines the most crucial technology. According to Pew, the cell phone is the technological tool its users would have most difficulty giving up, followed by the Internet and television. Landline phones ranked fourth in the latest survey, just above e-mail. In April 2006, the landline phone topped the list, followed by television, cell phones and the Internet. Pew also found increased dependency on the BlackBerry and similar devices for wireless e-mail. Thirty-six percent of such users say they would have trouble giving that up, compared with 22 percent in 2006 and 6 percent in 2002.
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