The vast majority of American adults -- some 86% -- now own cellphones,
according to new
research from the Federal Communications Commission. But mobile
Internet use is still far less common.
Of cellphone owners, the majority (66%) send or receive text messages, and more than half send or receive photos. But only 28% currently access Web pages, and 20% download apps to their cellphones. (Time frame: Oct.-Nov. 2009.)
No surprise: It's a generational thing. Of cellphone owners ages 18-29, 48% use the mobile Web and 94% use text messages. Of those 50-64, just 15% use the mobile Web and 51% use text messages.
To read the full, original article click on this link: CHART OF THE DAY: Barely A Quarter Of Cellphone Owners Use The Mobile Web
Author: Dan Frommer
