IN a milestone of sorts, American households opting for cell phones alone now outnumber those that have only traditional landlines, a new US government survey showed.
By the first half of 2008, 20 percent of households had only cell phones, exceeding the 17 percent with landlines only, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last week.
This contrasted sharply with five years ago, when only 3 percent of US households had only cell phones, and 43 percent had only a landline.
AT the risk of angering Blackberry addicts, I’ve always felt that a dedicated e-mail device was a bit excessive. After all, how busy could you be that you’d need constant access to your inbox?
For my experiments in mobile access, I used a Nokia N95, a feature-packed multimedia smart phone that supports both Wi-Fi and 3G services.
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