Nearly one in four high school students surveyed by Piper Jaffray "plan on buying an iPhone in the next six months." It's not clear if the 22% who want one include the 8% who already have one, or if the survey was conducted before their once-splurgy parents began raving about The Worst Financial Crisis Ever — why, six months from now there'll be nothing left to sync with! Me, I took a hint from the kids: My shiny new Blackberry Curve 8330 will be a valuable job-hunting tool after Denton fires us all.

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