Separate surveys conducted recently on two college campuses returned mixed signals on the sorts of capabilities students desire from their mobile devices.
One survey, conducted by Michael Hanley, an assistant professor of journalism at Ball State University, found that 27 percent of respondents on his campus reported owning a smartphone—a mobile device with advanced capabilities, like an iPhone or BlackBerry—as opposed to what nationwide surveys have determined to be the national rate for working adults (19 percent). That study used a voluntary-response sample of 314 Ball State students.
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