Unbelievable - People Love Cell Phones As Much As Internet

Jacobs Media has released the results of their 2007 Tech Survey on Cell Phones. Despite some people thinking that the cell phone is the worst invention ever, the Jacobs Media survey tells us that for ages 18-34, they rate cell phones as high as the Internet for tech they can't live without! That really is surprising to me since I could easily do without a cell phone but would have no idea what to do with myself if there wasn't the Internet.


Also, while the cell phone manufacturers keep including more and more features on their cell phone offerings, the top 3 features are text messaging, calculator (!), and taking pictures. I'm very surprised that "listening to mp3's" is near the bottom. My impression is that the cell phone companies are really focusing on the mp3 feature (now that every phone can take pictures) and there's some fantastic mp3 phones out now like the Sony Ericsson W880i.


Finally, what is interesting is the percentage of people who only have a cell phone and no longer have a land line. I've certainly been contemplating that switch. No wonder phone company stocks are climbing higher...where they used to make money off one line per house, they now make money off one cell phone per person!