The cool factor of a cellphone
From our colleagues at the Tech Blog comes a study that backs up what your teenagers can tell you: A study released today shows that teenagers say that after clothing, a cellphone tells the most about a person's social status or popularity.
That means that having an iPhone, say, will give you more cool points than if you have hip jewelry, swanky watches or Kobe's shoes. Having the latest cellphone is "absolutely essential," according to 28% of the teens.
-- Mary MacVean
