Cell Phones Beat Out Internet, TV As Must-Have

InformationWeek: "Some 51% of those surveyed said their cell phones would be the hardest to give up, followed by the Internet (45%), television (43%), and landline phones (40%).

Among its other major findings:

• 62% of all Americans have either used a mobile handset for a "nonvoice data application" (text, e-mail, picture taking, maps and directions, or recording video, for example) or accessed the Internet wirelessly
• At 73%, Hispanics send or receive text messages most frequently, followed by African Americans (68%) and whites (53%)"