August 23rd, 2004 by Ashu Mathura Posted in Trends | No Comments »
It wasn’t so long ago that parents asked their teenagers to double-check that they had a quarter so they could call home, if need be. Then came cell phones.
In 2000, just 5 percent of 13- to 17-year olds had cell phones. Today, 56 percent do, according to Linda Barrabee, wireless market analyst for The Yankee Group.
Teens aren’t just using their phones to talk. From rapid-fire “texting” to full-fledged Web browsing to videos and video games, cell phones have become portable computers. And that’s opened up a whole new set of concerns. More …
