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Scott Alsafin
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Students of LHS are well-acquainted with cell phones, more so than any other generation before them. There are a small number of students who cannot be defined as ‘texting fools.’

The following is a survey conducted by the Panther Growls staff asking 50 students during all three lunches which phone it is they use to text.

36%- iPhone

26%- Blackberry Bold

18%- Blackberry Curve 8310

10%- Palm Centro

5%- Pantech Matrix

5%- LG Incite

Apple’s successful iPhone came in first, being most favorite to text with.

“I just love texting with the iPhone, it sounds a little lame, but I enjoy texting with it,” said one student.

However, Blackberry’s innovative business phone claimed the top two spots as students said texting on the Blackberry is simplistic and fast.

“You don’t have to be a genius to text fast with a BlackBerry,” said another  student. “My BlackBerry looks good, text fast and is easy to adapt to.