Archive for January, 2011

67% Now Use Text Messages

Monday, January 10th, 2011

Over 2/3 of Americans use text messages from their cell phones, according to a study by ComScore.  The increase of just 1/2% in the past 3 months is clearly one of the smallest increases in some time so perhaps that is just a fluke or Americans use of text messages may be starting to flatten [...]

Text Message Use by Age Group

Sunday, January 9th, 2011

Reprinted thanks to 84444.com which provides text message marketing solutions to businesses.
Americans continue to be text message crazy, as evidenced by the newest study from The Nielsen Company.  According to Nielsen, teen use of text messages continues to grow.  Teens are, by far, the largest users of text messages, more than doubling that of young adults, [...]

More Text Than Phone Calls

Saturday, January 8th, 2011

Text messge use continues to grow while mobile phone calls (remember them) have been relatively static for the past five years.  The study was conducted by The Nielsen Group in January 2011.

18% of Americans Still Text and Drive

Friday, January 7th, 2011

Despite a preponderance of evidence showing that using text messages while driving is extremely dangerous, many Americans still are involved in this potentially deadly activity, according to a recent study by the Insurance Research Council.
18% of Americans have sent or read a text message while driving, according to the study.  Surprisingly, it is not teens [...]

Cell Phone Etiquette Guidelines [Infographic]

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Check out this creative and pretty funny infographic on cell phone etiquette. Kind of breaks down cell phone etiquette from a elementary school, textbook graphic level. Interesting and pretty funny at the same time.
Props to Communications Electronics, a cell phone store franchise across Maryland, Delaware, and DC for putting this together.

Cell Phone Etiquette Graphic

Colorful Dentist Offices

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

Everybody hates going to the dentist, don’t they?  At least, the people in my office do.  So, the dental office should be nice and pleasant for an unpleasant situation.  That’s why its important that the employees wear colorful dental office uniforms to make you feel happier when the dentist is sticking a drill in your [...]

Android Dominates Recent Smartphone Purchases

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

Google Android is red hot with over 40% market share of the smartphones purchased in November.  Interestingly, it was November that the new Android phones became available for T-Mobile phones so that must have had some impact on their significant increase.
Android still remains behind the iPhone in total market share in November, 2010, but that [...]