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US triples mobile web adoption, trails only UK
Added on 2007-06-06 10:03:00
by Randall Bennett

More mobile stats, but this time not relating to the porcelain throne. US mobile web usage tripled in the last year, according to mobile web provider Bango.  The company says the Sanyo Katana was the top phone browsing the mobile web in the first quarter of 2007, which is only available in the US.  Worldwide, the US ranks second with 21 percent of the mobile web market, trailing the UK with 27 percent.  Bango also says flat-rate pricing for data plans is leading to the shift in mobile web usage, and more competitive pricing among US carriers should see even more mobile web adoption.

[Via TMCNet, Image via Google]
Tags: mobile web, data

Mobile web in the bathroom
Added on 2007-05-31 04:29:00
by Emily Price

Where better to surf the web than in the bathroom. In a T-Mobile survey 15% of mobile internet users in England admitted to surfing the web on their mobile while in the restroom. A whopping 48% used the internet on their mobile at work where they are not allowed to use the internet and 25% know they can get on the internet using their phone but have no idea how to do it.


[Via EngadgetMobile]

Tags: mobile web, internet

Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 Launches March 7th for Windows Mobile Devices
Added on 2007-03-09 17:26:00
by Brenda Keener

The Yahoo! Go service has just been launched for Windows Mobile, and now has been expanded to over 75 Windows Mobile devices and 175 different cellular phone models.

This service is optimized for the small mobile screen, called the “third screen”,and doesn’t try to cram large PC-based content into an eye-test for its users.  It features rich  content such as current and breaking news tickers, customizable widgets accessible via a carousel-like interface, photo sharing via a Flickr widget, and full synchronization with Yahoo Mail as well as Yahoo content such as stock tickers. This is a great feature for those who upgrade or change phones often, or if phones are lost or stolen.  A nice map widget is also handy for road warriors.

 

One of the best features of this service is oneSearch; a search engine optimized just for mobile users that provides relevant search results instead of a list of URLs that may or may not be what the user needs. oneSearch doesn’t just base its search results on what you enter, it also bases your results based on where you are in the world.  This means that searching for a movie title will show you where it is playing near you.

 

Yahoo! Go also uses advanced caching technology and a “push” service to eliminate long download times.   

[http://mobile.yahoo.com/go]

 


Tags: oneSearch, Yahoo, Yahoo! Go, Windows Mobile Devices, Windows, mobile content, mobile web, mobile applications

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