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Do you need to have a label on a form field when it has a default value?

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From: Dean Hamack
Date: Sep 9, 2010 3:14PM

Building a form, and the design specs show a form field with the
instructions for what to enter right in the field, like so:

<input name="mobile" type="text" value="Enter a 10 digit T-Mobile Number" />

Is a label really necessary here? It seems redundant to me.