Thursday, October 1st, 2009 at 12:30 PM EST

Thanks to DIGG i found this video in NEWSWEEK about the history of the cell phone.

Some interesting statistics there:

- The first commercial cell phone call was made August 13 1983
- The 1983 cell phone cost $3,995 and weighed 2 pounds
- Today 8 of 10 people in the US own a mobile phone
- 20 million dont use landlines anymore (but many have VoIP )
- Average of a cell phone before it is replaced is 1.5 years
- The result is that over 500 million cell phones were tossed or – hopefully – recycled
- Americans pay most for cell phone service per year (an average of $635 per year)
- Americans text more than they talk on cell phones ; the first text was: “Merry Christmas”
- 2.9 trillion text messages are expected worldwide in 2009
- Texting is recognized in the OXFORD Dictionary since 2006
- P911 = text for: “Parent In Room”

Well, it is in Newsweek so I guess this is all true.