Though these handsets appeal to large numbers of consumers, carriers typically give them less support because music-listening and photo-snapping aren't as profitable as e-mailing or surfing the Web.

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Dedicated devices are simpler and you'll be able to afford many of them for e-mail, Web surfing and so on.

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"We all know that when we connect to the Internet, we spend more time for surfing and reading e-mail only, so when we are spending time we spend a lot of money to pay the accounts for only using a couple of hours, " Onel de Guzman's proposal read.

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Today's consumers use the Internet in their own particular way for e-mail, web-surfing and so on, but, the bulls argue, tomorrow's will think of it more as a form of interactive television, with many people watching the same material.

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Surfing the web on an e-reader is still kind of a last-ditch solution, something you might do should your computer, tablet and phone all explode simultaneously.

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Unknown to users, the worm connects their PC to a custom IRC channel when they are logged on to a remote server while surfing the Web or reading e-mail.

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It is certainly powerful enough to run office suite applications such as word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, e-mail, instant messaging, Internet access for surfing and blogging, playing a few tunes and watching a DVD in flight (the battery will get you across America, if not an ocean).

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And compared to even a year ago, when analysts say most people used smartphones mostly for voice calls and e-mail, an increasing number of users are now surfing the Web, paying bills and doing other activities that open them up to abuses.

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