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In an attempt to understand more fully cell phone behavior, and what our expressions our cell phones enable us to make, I’ve come across some interesting bits of research:
From this article, it seems Motorola commissioned a study called On the Mobile. One interesting (if obvious) finding:
Women see their cell phone as a means of expression and social communication, while males tend to use it as an interactive toy. Some men view the cell phone as a status symbol – competing with other males for the most high tech toy and even using the cell phone to seduce the opposite sex. The study found two types of cell phone users- “innies,†who use their phones discreetly, and “outies,†who are louder and less concerned with the people around them.
