MOBILE FUTURE: More Americans are getting gadgets, and they're increasingly sporting devices they can take wherever they go.

According to a recent survey, 85 percent of American adults own a cell phone making it the most popular kind of consumer electronic. And younger people are overwhelmingly dependent on mobile phones: 96 percent of adults under 30 own a cell phone, according to the survey done by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, a nonprofit research group.

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