bode (third-person singular simple present bodes, present participle boding, simple past and past participle boded) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend; to presage; to foreshow.
Children get first mobile phone at average age of eight. Eight is the average age at which children are given their first mobile phone, according to a survey. More than a third of children (35 per cent) own a mobile by the time they are that age, the charity Personal Finance Education Group (pfeg) discovered.
Nearly three out of four teens age 15-17 have (or have access to) a smartphone, as do 68% of 13-14 year-olds. Black youth are especially likely to have smartphones; 85% of black, 71% of white, and 71% of Latino youth in this age group have access to smartphones. Twelve percent of teens have no mobile phone at all. Most teens (81%) -- especially boys (91%) -- have game consoles. Only 1% of teens report that they do not have access to a computer, tablet, mobile phone, or game console [ 1 ].