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Nokia 5140 phoneI got a press release yesterday from Sprint with some odd results from a recent wireless-users survey.

Most notably, 60% of Sprint users have turned on their phone's backlight to look for something in the dark. If you often find yourself in the dark, you might want to take off your RAZRWire sunglasses, or get a phone like the Nokia 5140 (at left) with a built-in LED flashlight.

(PS - Nothing can make the RAZRWires look cool. You can put them away now.)

Other facts: you can make survey results look like anything, if you have the right options. Sprint says 27% of people want their phone to include a printer/scanner/fax, which only makes sense if you look at the odd other options given: thermometer, credit card, keychain and mirror. By the way, a lot of phones already have mirrors (next to the camera), and the Nokia 7280/7380's entire face turns into a mirror when the phone is off.

About a third of those surveyed also play games on their phones in the bathroom, which may reveal a tragic epidemic of constipation among Sprint users. I personally just hope nobody goes this far. (Carol, am I fired now?)

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Posted by: tinman
January 24, 2006 11:36 AM

I have had a Nokia 3200 for over 2 yeas now it has a led flashlight built into the bottom of the phone that works quite well. It has come in handy many times.


Posted by: jsanto
January 24, 2006 11:51 AM

For years I carried around a LED flashlight that plugged into my Sony Ericsson phones' power jack. That came in handy during the NYC blackout of 2003.


Posted by: dcosta
January 25, 2006 10:15 AM

Gotta tell you, the Treo 650's bright screen is the ideal way to find your way to the bathroom in the middle of the night without waking the wife.


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