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DATA NUGGET
March 10, 2000


Talking Is Optional

A recent survey of 1,000 American consumers shows that the age of the smart phone is upon us. Most people foresee wireless phones being used widely as Web access devices. Here are the percentages of participants who expect to see phones handling each of a variety of uses.


E-mail 67%

Finding directions with global positioning systems 67%

Web browsing 63%

Digital photography 59%

Videoconferencing 57%

DATA: Yankelovich Partners

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