Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Three-Fold Mobile Web Use in US in Last 12 Months
Posted by Pete Paxton in "ARTICLE" @ 11:00 AM
http://www.webitpr.com/release_detail.asp?ReleaseID=5951
"June 5, 2007 – Bango today published statistics which confirm that the United States is at the forefront of a mobile web growth with a three fold increase in usage over the last year. This rapid rise, taking the US to second position behind the UK, is being fuelled by the increasing popularity of mobile search as a way of finding new content and services. By working as a “global exchange” for the mobile web, Bango is able to provide a unique insight into where users are coming from world-wide and what handsets they are using. The top five countries accessing the mobile web via Bango* in April 2007 were the UK at 27%, the US at 21%, South Africa at 11%, India at 9% and Indonesia at 3%. In total, Bango detects mobile web users from over 190 countries."So according to Bango (a site that keeps stats on mobile web usage), the US is number two in the world in mobile web usage behind the UK. Not bad out of 190 countries detected. I surf the web quite often from my Dash. In fact I don't even bring my laptop to bed anymore (that's sounds more strange than it is) but instead I bring my Dash. I have many PIE friendly sites bookmarked and with WiFi I am able to surf quickly. Do you find yourself surfing on your mobile device more and less on your desktop/laptop or is surfing from a handheld device too awkward?
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