The Integration of Mobile Phones Into Everyday Life Supplementary Material for Chapter 10 in When Media Are New Copyright 2010, John Carey and Martin C.J. Elton Last updated 5/1/2011

Early Mobile Communication

First Mobile Radio Telephone Source: Bell Labs

Early Cell Phones

Weighed 2 pounds, cost $3995

Late 1980s

Spectrum Allocation 3 kilohertz300 GHz30 MHz FM RadioAM Radio Satellite Radio Broadcast TV Cell Phones Bluetooth, cordless phones Satellite TV Maritime &Aeronautical Navigation Public and Private Bandwidth Source: FCC; Wall Street Journal

Worldwide Growth of Telephone Service, In Millions Wired Telephone Lines Mobile Phone Subscribers Source: ITU *estimated

Mobile Phones Per 100 People Source: ITU, for year 2008

Early Cell Phone Subscriber Growth in the US Millions of Subscribers Source: CTIA

Cell Phone Adoption and Gender Percent of All US Cell Phone Subs FemaleMale Source: Castells Some attribute early use by males to occupations that used it Females who adopted cell phones in the 90s were more likely to say they got it for “security”

Business Vs Personal Cellular Phone Use (Percentage of Bills Paid By Businesses vs Individuals) Source: EMCI; Washington Post Business Use Personal Use

Cellular Subscriber Growth (U.S. Market, in Millions) No. of Subscribers Cellular Penetration % of Hshlds Net No. of New Subscribers Source: Twice; Telecommunications Industry Association

US Cell Phone Sales Year Handset Units (millions) Average Price $ 1990 NA Source: Twice; Motorola

Cell Phone Replacement Rate Years Source: CTAM; Appliance

Average Cost of a Cell Phone in U.S., Source: USAToday; Motorola Note: intervals on the time access are irregular

Average Monthly Cellular Phone Bill in U.S., Source: Cellular Telecom Association

Average Cost of Cellular Phone Minutes in U.S. Source: USA Today, J.D. Power and Associates In 2009, the aver cost per minute in Europe was $.16 Note: intervals on the time access are irregular

Telephone Status of US Households Source: US CDC: data for July to Dec, ; Jan to June 2010 Landline and Wireless Landline Only Wireless Only No Service

Percent of US Households with a Landline Source: Twice; Harris Interactive

Cell Phone Etiquette Would you be annoyed if your date or spouse answered a Cell phone during dinner for two at a nice restaurant? Source: USA Today, Directions Research for Greenfield Online

404I don’t know B4NBye for now GALGet a life JJAJust joking around POSParent over shoulder ZZZSleeping SUPWhat’s up? Txtspeak

SMS Worldwide, 2010 Number of SMS sent per second192 thousand Number of SMS sent during trillion Source: ITU

Camera Phones Cell Phones (in U.S.) with Built-in Camera Source: Twice

Ring Tone Sales (in Millions) Source: BMI (figures not available after 2008)

Smartphones

US Wireless Smartphone Sales Unit Sales in Millions – Actual and Projected Smartphone% Change Source: Twice

Apps