As of December 2012, 87% of American adults have a cell phone, and 45% have a smartphone. As of January 2013, 26% of American adults own an e-book reader, and 31% own a tablet computer. More:
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45% of American adults are smartphone owners as of December 2012, an increase of 10 percentage points over the 35% of Americans who owned a smartphone in May 2011.
A spreadsheet of the above data is available for download here.
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