Survey: 25% of smartphone owners favor mobile web over desktop

Release Date 12 Jul, 2011 in Fiercemobilecontent

 
   

Smartphones proliferate, and for many mobile is only way onto Internet

Washington Post (blog) - Cecilia Kang - 12 Jul, 2011
A third of all American adults own a smartphone and for many minority and low income users, those mobile devices have replaced computers for Internet access. The findings released Monday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project ...

The smartphone is taking over the web

ZDNet (blog) - James Kendrick - 12 Jul, 2011
A recent survey by the Pew Research Center shows that the smartphone is rapidly becoming a primary method that Americans use to access the Internet. James Kendrick has been using mobile devices since they ...

35% of adults found to have smart phones

San Francisco Chronicle - Casey Newton - 12 Jul, 2011
Smart-phone ownership among adults has risen to 35 percent, according to survey results released Monday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The survey was the first of its kind from Pew, so there's no baseline to compare it against. ...

Young and Well-Off Choose Smartphones, As Do Non-Whites

PC Magazine - Mark Hachman - 12 Jul, 2011
About 35 percent of all adult US phone owners own a smartphone, according to a Pew report on Monday. Those that own them are among the most financially well off, college-educated, and non-white. Not surprisingly, the Google Android ...

One in three US adults packing smartphones (doesn't make 'em any smarter)

Kansas City Star - Scott Canon - 12 Jul, 2011
The Pew Internet Project interviewed more than 2200 people this spring and found that 35 percent now carry a smartphone. It was Pew's first standalone measure of smartphone ownership and found, unsurprisingly that the wealthier and more ...

Smartphones and Mobile Internet Use Grow, Report Says

New York Times (blog) - Nick Bilton - 12 Jul, 2011
Pew ResearchPew Research asked adult Americans to describe how they feel about their smartphone, which is illustrated in the word cloud above. Every few months a new report comes out showing the rapid adoption of smartphones, ...

Report: More than a third of US adults now own smartphones

CNN International - Amy Gahran - 12 Jul, 2011
A new study says Android is the most popular smartphone in the US at 35%, followed by BlackBerry and iPhone at 24%. Editor's note: Amy Gahran writes about mobile tech for CNN.com. She is a San Francisco Bay Area writer and ...

Pew: One-third of US adults own smartphones

CNET - Christopher MacManus - 12 Jul, 2011
With so many manufacturers embracing Android, will it continue to be the defacto No. 1 mobile OS? Smartphone adoption is growing in many demographics, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. ...

More than a third of US adults own smartphones: study

AFP - 12 Jul, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO â€" A Pew Research Center study released on Monday indicated that 35 percent of US adults own smartphones as the Internet is increasingly being accessed using gadgets on the go. A quarter of US smartphone owners claimed to do most of their ...

More Than 1/3 of American Adults Own a Smartphone, Study Shows

Wall Street Journal (blog) - Tom Loftus - 12 Jul, 2011
Fully 35% of all American adults now own a smartphone, according to a new study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Of this number, 78% use their devices to access the Internet daily, and a quarter do most of their online ...

Study Finds More Than a Third of Adults Have a Smartphone

PCWorld - Tony Bradley - 12 Jul, 2011
Do you have a mobile phone? Is your mobile phone a smartphone? According to a new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, the odds are increasing that your answer to both of those questions is yes. ...

25 percent use smartphones, not computers, for majority of Web surfing

msnbc.com - Suzanne Choney - ‎Jul 11, 2011‎
As more of us gravitate to smartphones, we're relying on them for more of our Web surfing; 25 percent of Americans say they're now doing most of their Internet browsing on their phones instead of a computer, according to a new report ...

More than a third of American adults have a smartphone

Washington Post (blog) - Hayley Tsukayama - ‎Jul 11, 2011‎
More than a third of Americans adults surveyed said they own a smartphone. (JO YONG-HAK - REUTERS) A quarter of smartphone users rely mainly on their phones for Internet access, according to a new study from the Pew Internet and ...

Smartphones Become Lifelines to Internet

Mobiledia - Emily Anderson - 12 Jul, 2011
Sorry, broadband companies -- a new survey reveals 28 percent of adult smartphone owners use their phone as their primary source of Internet access, taking advantage of the increasing power of devices even ...

Report Indicates That Americans Are Becoming Obsessed with and Dependent on ...

Mobile Marketing Watch - 12 Jul, 2011
At one time in the not so distant past, smartphones were an anything but commonplace luxury enjoyed by the most elite mobile users with big money to burn. In short order, however, smartphones began “trickling down” to the masses. ...

35% of US Adults Have Smartphones - Pew

Social Barrel - Solon Harmony Dolor - 12 Jul, 2011
New data released from the Pew Research Center reveal that more than a third of adults in the US now own a smartphone. According to the well-regarded research center, 35 percent of US adults now own a smartphone and they are increasingly being used to ...

Mobile Enterprise: Ready or Not, More Consumers Doing More From Smartphones

CMSWire - Marisa Peacock - 12 Jul, 2011
According to the Pew Internet Project, one third of American adults â€" 35% â€" own smartphones. Its report also found that 87% of smartphone owners gain access to the Internet or email on their handheld, ...

Estimated 35 percent of Americans own a smartphone

Bizjournals.com - 12 Jul, 2011
About 35 percent of Americans now own a smartphone, with the highest adoption among the financially well-off and well-educated. A new report from the Pew Research Center on Monday said about 87 percent of smartphone owners reported using the Internet ...

Smartphone Users Increasingly Use Phones For Internet

RedOrbit - 12 Jul, 2011
According to a new survey by the Pew Internet Project, reliance on smartphones rather than personal computers for Web surfing is growing. The recent survey finds that 25 percent of Americans say they are now doing most of their Internet browsing on ...

Study finds wide racial disparity in smartphone use

Network World - Paul McNamara - 12 Jul, 2011
Black and Latino Americans are far more likely to own a smartphone than are their white countrymen - 44 percent vs. 30 percent -- according to new research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. ...

Survey: 25% of smartphone owners favor mobile web over desktop

Fiercemobilecontent - Jason Ankeny - 12 Jul, 2011
Thirty-five percent of American adults now own a smartphone according to a new Pew Internet Project survey--and for many of these subscribers, smartphones have emerged as their primary means of accessing the Web or email. Eighty-seven percent of all US ...

Number of US adult smartphone users is up

WNEM Saginaw - 12 Jul, 2011
Out of the 83 percent of US adults that own cell phones, more than one third own a smartphone. (Source: CNN) (CNN) - New reports find that more than one third of US adults now own smartphones. About 39 percent specifically indicated that their phone ...

Survey: 35 Percent of US Adults Own Smartphones

DailyTech - Tiffany Kaiser - 12 Jul, 2011
A recent survey conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project has found that 35 percent of American adults now own a smartphone. The Pew Internet & American Life Project aims to provide information on the trends, issues and attitudes that shape ...

Smartphones a way of life for millions

ABC2 News - 12 Jul, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC - A new reports find that more than a third of US adults now own smartphones. About 39-percent specifically indicated that their phone has a smartphone operating system like Apple iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows or Palm WebOS. ...

Smartphone Ownership At 35% Of Americans Says Pew Research

All Access Music Group - 12 Jul, 2011
In the near future, the majority of your listeners will be carrying smartphones. A new PEW poll found that smartphone adoption is growing in most demographics. "The PEW poll estimates that 35% of AMERICAN adults own a smartphone device," reports CNET. ...

Smartphone users are increasing, but Americans still prefer simple cellphones

Ecommerce Journal - 12 Jul, 2011
According to a new survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project more and more American users have smartphones. However, a significant 40% of them still prefer simple mobile phones to make calls and do text messaging with no need in an app ...

Pew: 25% prefer Internet access via smartphone

BizReport - Helen Leggatt - 12 Jul, 2011
As more and more Americans swap their old feature phones for smartphones some are shunning their home computers in favor of accessing the Internet on their mobile devices. Pew's first-ever smartphone use survey reveals why. by Helen Leggatt Today in ...

One Third Adults in the US Own a Smartphone Reveals Pew Study

ITProPortal - Ravi Mandalia - 12 Jul, 2011
A new research has revealed that the number of adults owning a Smartphone in the United States of America is increasing. The Pew Internet Project has revealed that nearly one third of American adults accounting up to 35 percent of the total youth own a ...

Survey: One-Third Of US Adults Own Smartphone

WMTW Portland - 12 Jul, 2011
PORTLAND, Maine -- About 35 percent of all adult US phone owners own a smartphone, according to a Pew Research report. The survey of 2277 American adults found that about 39 percent owners classified their devices as a "smartphone platform," which ...

Pew: Smartphone owners increasingly ignoring other devices to get online

Engadget - Brian Heater - 12 Jul, 2011
Some more fun phone facts from the folks at Pew: 83 percent of American adults own a cellphone, 35 percent have a smartphone, and 87 of percent smartphone owners use their handset to browse the internet and ...

 

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