Parents Use Smartphones As Kids' Toys

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Mon, 04/26/2010 - 6:16am

Parents use smartphones as kids' toys

More parents are handing their smartphones to their young children in restaurants or on car trips to keep them entertained. That may be why almost half the top-selling iPhone apps are games for kids.

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