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    Smartphone users report more phone problems, survey says

    Nearly nine out of 10 U.S. adults have a cell phone -- and they're having a lot of problems with them. New research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that almost three-fourths of phone users experience dropped calls at least oc...

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    Cellphones stress you out in 4 ways, says study

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    "The big change that mobile connectivity has brought to users is the instant availability of people and data," wrote Jan Lauren Boyles, a Pew Internet Project researcher who authored this report.

    "As mobile owners bec...

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    69% of Mobile Phone Users Get Text Spam

    You hear the text message alert ping, scramble to find your phone, only to find that the message is from an unknown number and the message is asking you to click on a link or text back.

    It’s text spam, and according to data released to...

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    Half of U.S. Smartphone Owners Find Mobile Data Often Slow, Study Says

    Despite the impressive names cellular carriers have come up with for their wireless-data systems, such as 3G, 4G and 4G LTE, subscribers are still reporting issues.

    Most mobile-phone owners in the U.S. say they sometimes experience slo...

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37%

of internet users ages 12-17 participate in video chats with others using applications such as Skype, Googletalk or iChat.

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The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center. The Center is supported by The Pew Charitable Trust.