p2pnet news view | Mobiles:- Guess what?

Mobile phones are primarily used as —-

—- mobile phones.

In other words, people mainly use them for talking to each other.

Yup.

This extraordinary finding comes from research firm IDC.

Despite the growth of smartphones such as RIM’s BlackBerry and Apple’s iPhone which, “let people watch videos, listen to music, surf the Internet and check e-mail,”  they’re still going to remain in the minority mainly because these devices, basically, “just aren’t for everyone,” the Canadian Press quotes the company’s Ramon Llamas as saying.

“I think some companies will say blasphemy to this, but not everyone is going to need a BlackBerry, not everyone is going to need an iPhone, not everyone is going to need a Palm Treo,” he declared, also stating

“I look at a lot of Joe and Jane consumers on main street anywhere and a lot of them are pretty content with just a regular cellphone.

“It does what they need it to do and basically that is just to make a phone call,” he added.

Wash your mouth out Lamas!

Adds CP:

“Llamas said that the surveys he has done have repeatedly shown that the No. 1 use for mobile phones is to make calls and not to do such things as look at photos, listen to music or read e-mails.”

. .Stumble It!

Canadian Press – Mobile phones still being used primarily for conversations, August 18, 2008

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