Tech Test: Rolly digital music player

With many digital music players becoming somewhat of a fashion statement, it seems logical that they would soon become a form of entertainment. Sony's new Rolly attempts to do just that. AP's Rachel Metz takes a closer look.

Lucrative way to earn money

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Cell phone statistics

For nearly three in 10 households, don’t even bother trying to call them on a landline phone. They either only have a cell phone or seldom if ever take calls on their traditional phone.

The federal figures, released this week, showed that reliance on cells is continuing to rise at the expense of wired telephones.

In the second half of last year:

• 16 percent of households only had cell phones

• 13 percent also had landlines but got all or nearly all their calls on their cells

• The number of wireless-only households grew by 2 percentage points since the first half of last year.

• Underscoring the rapid growth, in early 2004 just 5 percent had only cell phones.

• Households with cell phones who rarely if ever use their landlines grew by 1 percentage point since the first half of last year.

Expand Flash technology in handsets

In an aggressive bid to deliver the rich graphic Web experience available on desktop computers to mobile handsets, San Jose softwaremaker Adobe Systems Inc. is partnering with the five biggest cell phone manufacturers to smooth the way to deploy its Flash technology.

Adobe's plan, called the Open Screen Project, will remove a number of barriers for mobile developers who are looking to use Adobe Flash, the technology that brings many of the interactivity, graphics and video features of the Web to life. Manufacturers Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson along with technology companies like Intel, Cisco, Marvell and ARM will work with Adobe to establish a consistent version of Flash that will work across multiple operating systems and browsers.