by Jay Garrett on March 16, 2009
We know that Brits love mobile internet.
But comScore worked out that the number of people accessing news and information on their mobile device has more than doubled in a year.
In January 2008 around 36,870,000 US users accessed the internet on a mobile phone. This figure rose to over 63,000,000 in January 2009.
Out of that 63.2 million people, 22.4 million (which comes in as 35%) go online on their phone on a daily basis – more than double that of 2008.
“Over the course of the past year, we have seen use of mobile Internet evolve from an occasional activity to being a daily part of people’s lives”, said Mark Donovan, senior vice president, mobile, comScore.
“This underscores the growing importance of the mobile medium as consumers become more reliant on their mobile devices to access time-sensitive and utilitarian information”.
As expected, social networking access and blogging are said to be some of the most popular online mobile activities.
Young males came up as being the most avid users of mobile news and information, with half of 18 to 34-year-old males getting online.
Not to say that the ladies aren’t representing: Within the 18 to 24-year-old demographic 40 percent were hopping on at least once in January.
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by Jay Garrett on December 18, 2008
After revealing that the Xbox 360 was the hotty for teens it seems that it’s the Wii who is winning the Christmas shopping battle – according to online shopping data from AOL Shopping UK and PriceGrabber.co.uk.
The funky ‘n’ friendly motion-sensing console has managed to grab 44% of searches since the start of December compared to the Xbox 360’s 35% and the Sony PS3’s 20%.
It’s not over for Sony though, as other stats show that Sony Blu-ray players are the choice this crimbo for spinning those Blu movies nabbing 44% of the crop, with the company’s BDP-S350 likely to be under most trees this Christmas.
Panasonic Blu-ray follows with 43%, then there’s a drop to Samsung’s 7%, Pioneer’s 3% and Sharp’s mere 0.53%.
The top ten most popular “digital” products searched for overall, according to the data, is as follows:
1. Sony Bravia KDL-32V4000 32-inch LCD TV
2. Acer Aspire One AOA110-Aw notebook
3. Sony Bravia KDL-40W4500 40-inch LCD TV
4. Sony KDL-40W4000 40-inch LCD TV
5. Panasonic DMC-FZ28 black digital camera
6. HP Compaq 2133 Mini-Note notebook
7. Samsung NC10 white notebook
8. Asus Eee PC 901 black notebook
9. Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5EB-K black digital camera
10. Pioneer PDP-LX5090 50-inch plasma TV
Are you expecting any of the above under your tree or stuffed in your stocking this year?
