| Nearly half of the teens and tweens, 10-18 | | | | and downloadable games and ringtones, which |
| year olds, in the United States have a cell | | | | are very popular with the young |
| phone representing over $10 billion of the | | | | crowd.Recently new phones hit the scene, |
| market according to a study released by the | | | | marketed to an even younger crowd. Firefly |
| market research firm GfK NOP | | | | Mobile introduced its kid friendly pre-paid |
| Technology.Numerous cellular companies are | | | | cellular phone with one touch mommy and daddy |
| offering cell phones and plans for the | | | | buttons earlier this year. Other companies |
| younger market. Nearly all of the major | | | | such as Disney are expected to release cell |
| carriers including T-Mobile, Cingular and | | | | phones marketed to kids and tweens as well. |
| Verizon offer text and pic messaging packages | | | | |