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Access Systems Americas, Inc.
Text Messaging Remains Most Important Feature for Cell Phone Buyer, Survey Says
July 18th, 2008
According to a survey of cell phone users commissioned by ACCESS Systems Americas, Inc. and conducted by independent research firm Amplitude Research, buyers of new cell phones view accessing the Internet (61%) and email capabilities (63%) as most important features along with such items as text messaging (73%) and a camera (67%). Among the list of 19 items respondents selected from, music (34%) and video capability (33%) were also frequent choices, with only a small percentage selecting such features as battery life (0.5%) or voice activation (0.33%). Fifteen years have passed since Neil Papworth in England sent the world's first text message to a cell phone with the...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-07-18)
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