16 Million Online and Counting
The online community currently consists of 16 million users and is growing.
Thanks to the creation of more and more smart phones that make online activities more accessible as well as the establishing of better 3G networks, it looks like more people have been going online using mobile devices.
According to recent studies, over 16 million mobile phone users have been online last December 2009.
This shows how integral mobile phones and the internet have become to human society. It would not be surprising to know that a great percent of the websites visited online are social networking sites like Facebook and the micro blogging Twitter. Both are very concentrated social interaction. Applications for bloggers have also encouraged people to be online more. Other things that get people to go online are emails, instant messaging and VOIP applications.
The growth does not seem like it will stop. With 3G already getting pushed to its network limits, development of 4G networks is on the horizon –the iPhone 4G is expected to launch pretty soon too.
Another, major factor to the growing rise of online users is the fact that access to the internet has become much cheaper in the past few years. Back then, 3G packages were too expensive and uncommon. Now, many unlimited access plans are being made to suit the needs of heavy net access users.
Online stores are also another major reason why people go online. The Android and the iPhone are both pretty reliant on applications that expand the usefulness of mobile phones. Downloading apps and games are a great way to spend the time.
Mobile access to the internet has changed the way we look at the World Wide Web. No longer is the net an unfamiliar place behind the computer, but it is now a commonly accessible world right in the palm of our hands.
Read more about the mobile online usage study at Mobile Today UK.
