Small, efficient, and the ability to condense data packages and hardware saving consumers time, energy, and money.
Worldwide mobile phone sales totaled 269.1 million units in the first quarter of 2009, a 9.4 per cent decrease from the first quarter of 2008. Smartphone sales surpassed 36.4 million units, a 12.7 per cent increase from the same period last year. cellular-news.com
Hewlett-Packard is off and Dell is expected to be off. cnn.com/money
I look down my block and I know the five houses surrounding me no longer use land line phones. The number of mobile-phone users in the U.S. surpassed the number of conventional land-based phone lines in the second half of 2004 latimes.com
When my last roommate moved out and into a rural area and away from my cable internet wi-fi cloud, his desktop computer became a dinosaur. His primary mode of email and communication became his phone.
Although data packages and hardware for smartphones cost more than a regular cell phone, the overall cost can be less when combining the cost of a high speed connection to the home, multiple hardware purchases and an existing cell phone account.
Add to this the mobility of a smartphone and the trend for smart phones gradually to be able to take on most computing tasks of a desktop you have a trend that is unstoppable.
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