Researchers: Adults 31 and Older Hate, Fear Cell Phones

Researchers: Adults 31 and Older Hate, Fear Cell Phones

After surveying 75 people in one area, a research firm has concluded that adults over 30 years old are luddites who hate their cell phones with a fiery passion.

Bowen Research conducted the interviews mostly in San Francisco and classified 40 participants older than 30 as "quite vehement about [their phone,] have problems they can't solve, and feel the phone does things randomly by accident." Some complained that text messaging requires them to "think too much" because they have to spell words correctly.

The other 35 participants were ages 30 and younger, and they "generally have no problem with their phone interface."

The study also found that the under-30 participants used at least 50 percent of their phones' features, while the 31-and-up group used about 40 percent of their handset features. Quite an astounding disparity.

Bowen Research is selling its study for $5,000 to anyone who wishes to peer into groundbreaking research suggesting that young'ins are generally better with technology than older folks.

I'm sure my 32-year-old friend Trisha would be interested in buying this study. Let me just call her and hope her teeth don't fall out and she doesn't curl up in a fetal position and cry, "The horror! The horror!" when her phone rings. Oh, wait -- she lives in Sacramento. Maybe this study won't apply to her.