Mobile+Phones

'The Situation' in Apple's top 10-grossing apps
"//The Situation//" -- has soared into Apple's top 10-grossing entertainment apps since its release. This app and others were named as Apple's most popular recent apps. //"Tapulous' Tap Tap Revenge//", a "//Dance Dance Revolution//"-style rhythm game, had the largest installed base among users of both the iPhone and the iPod touch, and the list included some perennials – Facebook, AIM, MySpace Mobile – but also some of the odder apps, including Lucasfilm's Lightsaber Unleashed, which creates the image of a glowing lightsaber on the screen, complete with sound effects; and Bubblewrap, which challenges the user to pop as many bubbles in a piece of virtual bubblewrap as possible in 45 seconds.

What do you look for in your applications? Do you stick to free apps, and if not, how much are you willing to pay?
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Cell Phones Key to Teens’ Social Lives, 47% Can Text with Eyes Closed
Nearly half (47%) of US teens say their social life would end or be worsened without their cell phone, and nearly six in 10 (57%) credit their mobile device with improving their life, [|according to] a national survey from [|CTIA] and [|Harris Interactive]. Four out of five teens (17 million) carry a wireless device (a 40% increase since 2004).

The study also confirmed that texting is replacing talking among teens. Teens admitted spending nearly an equal amount of time talking as they do texting each month.

As the most popular means of social interaction, what do you think the future of the cellphone will be?
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