Most adults accept mobile phones as a liberating technology, but find quirky ringtones and loud train conversations intrusive. Young children, however, seem to embrace them with unqualified enthusiasm. Intuitive media was interested in how children in IM's protected social learning networks used their phones, with an eye on their educational and social potential. IM asked a sample of 1477 of the 6 to 13 year olds in SuperClubsPLUS.com and GoldStarCafe.net about their use of mobile phones. The age range of the sample was 6 to 13 years, with the largest proportion (79%) of children between 10-13 years old (Year Groups 5, 6 and 7). Almost two-thirds of the sample were girls. 
Ownership We know little about children’s ownership of mobile phones in the UK, and what we think we know goes quickly out of date as more children take them up, at a younger age, and do more and more with them. We now expect to see teenagers with their phones, but at what age do younger children join the mobile revolution? IM found that a large majority (72%) of the children own a mobile - an increase of 11% in 5 months since our last similar survey in SuperClubsPLUS.
- 72% of children have their own mobile phone
- 53% of 8 to 9 year olds have a mobile phone
- 43% say they pay their own mobile phone bills
- 52% call their parents
- 55% call their friends
- Only 7% say they use their mobile at school .
- 52% use their phones mostly in private without supervision
Making calls is the simplest thing to do on modern phones, but new functions are constantly appearing. What do children do with their phones - texting, taking pictures, making videos, sending stuff to friends? Do they download ringtones, music, pictures and videos? If so where from? Do they pay for them? Do they share them with friends? Do they use their phones to go on the Internet - for research or social networking? If so, there are tremendous possibilities for learning on the move. If not - why not?
No one who has sat on a bus will be surprised that 21% of children say they like to play music out loud on their mobiles in public places. Interestingly 29% say they share music (illegally!) by bluetooth – a finding that has shocked the music industry.
- 80% use MP3 players, mobile phones or iPods to listen to music on the move.
- 21% play music out loud in public places.
- 43% take videos, and another 45% want to.
- 29% of the children say they use the Internet on their mobile phones at least once a month.
- 29% already share music with friends via Bluetooth and 45% want to.
- 25% download ring tones, music, games and pictures.
- 44% want to download games.
- 22% send emails using their mobile phones.
- 18% buy things for their phones.
Safety
Intuitive Media looked at safety and found that 23% of girtls and 16% of boys said they had received "bad messages":
“i got told someone was going to kill me if i dident give them 10 000 so i went to my parents and track the people down my calling the police”The Future
IM asked the kids what they'd like phones to do in the future and they had some great ideas,for example:
“Put it to your ear as is you are talking to someone, then say something you want and it will appear! For example: say chocolate and it will appear right in front of you! :) yum... put more money on”You can get the full report including the findings on how safe children are with their phones and what they'd like phones to do in the future, here.
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