If you ever needed convincing that the future of the internet is mobile, you HAVE to look at this excellent video by the guys at MobileFuture. We are shifting very quickly towards a ubiquitous internet society…
Some mindblowing statistics: (dont just read these, do yourself a favour and watch the video)
- FIVE BILLION apps downloaded “” up from 300 million in 2009
Whopping expansion of location-based services
- FIVE MILLION Foursquare users “” up from 200,000 users in 2009
Surge in mobile social media platforms
- 347 PERCENT growth in Twitter mobile usage
- 200 MILLION mobile Facebook Users
- 100 MILLION YouTube videos played on mobile devices everyday
Ongoing explosion in data traffic
- 3,000 PERCENT growth in one carrier‘s data traffic since 2008
- 3,339: average number of texts sent per month by US teens.
Unprecedented competition and choice
- 96 PERCENT of mobile users can choose from 3 or more providers
- 92 PERCENT of mobile users are satisfied with their provider
- 4 CENTS: average voice rate per minute in the US
- 77 MILLION: number of smartphones shipped in the fall of 2010.
My favourite part: “The Digital Camera died in 2010: Your Mobile Phone is looking very guilty…”
