| Cell phone and wireless technology has changed the | | | | system to find the location of products or services. |
| world in which we live. Cell phones changed the way | | | | 2. Nearly 60 percent of smartphone owners have |
| we communicate with the people in our lives. It has | | | | downloaded an application in the past few months. |
| also made our lives run a little more smoothly in many | | | | 3 About 24 percent of smartphone users have |
| ways. | | | | downloaded or purchased music, and about 21 percent |
| With the development of technology, cell phones | | | | have obtained mobile video games. |
| update gradually. Now Smartphones have come to | | | | Why have smart phone become so popular among |
| our life. The Smart phone has become very popular, | | | | college students? |
| especially among college students. Today, | | | | First, most of all I think that smart phones have a cool |
| smartphones such as the iPhone, Research In Motion | | | | design. It is fashionable to use one. |
| Ltd.' s BlackBerry, and other mobile devices are as | | | | What's more, smart phones offer advanced |
| much a part of university life as study halls and | | | | capabilities with personal computer-like functionality. |
| Thursday night pub outings | | | | Hanley said: "College students are attracted to |
| According to a recent survey of 270 college students, | | | | smartphones for a variety of reasons, including their |
| 38.5 percent of them own smart phones. The study | | | | ability to easily access the Web." Smart phones have |
| also shows that 49 models of smartphone are used | | | | the function of linking users to popular social |
| by all those respondents, among which iPhone is the | | | | networking sites such as Facebook, My Space and |
| most popular, occupying 18 percent. | | | | Twitter. By having access to those sites, people can |
| The study also revealed: | | | | keep up with what their friends are doing and also |
| 1 About 84 percent of smartphone users have a | | | | exchange messages to find out the latest trends |
| device with a GPS locator, and half say they use the | | | | among their age group. |