New research from Crowd Science in California has revealed some interesting facts with regard to smartphone ownership.  The survey is part of the company's "JustAsk" survey which looks at consumer smartphone behavior and attitudes.

The key research findings as reported by Crowd Science are :

 - One in five respondents admit to being addicted to their smartphones. Agreement with this sentiment skewed higher among iPhone owners at 26%, compared with 13% of BlackBerry owners. 

- Those between the ages of 30 and 49 are heaviest users of smartphone features, while respondents who are 50+ use fewer features (particularly text messaging, games, and social media) and do so less frequently. 

- 25% of smartphone owners say they perform local and map-based activities less than once a month, 11% indicate they never do so, and 58% go-local at least once a week.

The full article from  Crowd Science can be read here.