This infographic confirms what we already know: global access to social sites and networks via mobile phones is growing at a rate even higher than the uptake of smart phones . My favourite statistics from this:
* People who use Facebook on their phones are twice as active than non-mobile users.
* Growth in mobile access to Facebook grew by 112% year on year whereas Twitter access via mobile grew 347%
iPhone
iPhones dominate Australian mobile internet
Recent statistics show the iPhone and iPod touch is dominant operating system – 93% of phones or mobile devices accessing the internet in Australia and NZ are iPhone iOS. Is Australia & NZ heavy iPhone penetration because Blackberry and other smart phones didn’t have much mainstream uptake prior to iPhone release? Or is it because Australians are the heaviest users of social networks and social usage continues as the fastest growing mobile category?
Browsing websites – now there’s an app for that
The latest trend seems to be building specific iPhone apps to maximise the smartphone user experience for big, news focused websites. Checkout Mashable’s iPhone app , The Guardian’s iPhone apps and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s iPhone app – where the emphasis is on getting news in a simplified browsing format for the iPhone.
branded iphone applications
I’m not averse to a little branding on my user experience especially if you can give me an interactive reason to engage with your brand. So which branded apps are still on my iPhone? Style.com iphone apphelps me get my fashion fix on the go. With great content images, videos from all the major fashion […]
iPhone apps continue to rock my world
Thanks to WordPress app for iphone I can now update my blog through my iPhone. Which is really handy considering I am sans computer at home at the moment. And also continues to show the iphone is more a palm top computer than anything else. A few months on, and my most used apps are: […]
iPhone 3G and the killer apps
I got an iPhone 3G on the first day it was released and its been a love affair ever since. It’s replaced more than my old 3G phone – it’s all about the iPhone applications which makes it more like a mini mobile computer. Fun stuff like Twinkle – which delivers on my wish list […]