It
is crazy how mobile usage has accounted for an extremely large amount
of percentage as it pertains to internet usage. With more and more
advancements being made so that mobile usage may be more convenient,
it is hard not to use your cellular device to get to the internet
instead of an actual cpu. Throughout the semester in Prof. Sistrunk’s
class, it was apparent that this was true in that mobile devices can
be and are used a lot more. In his class, I noticed that students
wouldn’t have to bring nothing to class, not even a laptop. Simply
bringing your iphone or android to class, gives you the ability to
connect to the web and sign the attendance role, look at the class
blog, or even watch the lecture as it is being streamed. In an
article that I recently came across, it mentions the number of people
accessing the web through their mobile device has significantly grown
since 2010 and is still growing all over the world.
The
number of people accessing the Web through mobile devices has doubled
since 2010 and now accounts for 10% of worldwide Internet usage.
According to numbers compiled by Pingdom, Asia’s mobile usage
amounted for 17.84% of the country’s total Internet usage, a 192.5%
increase over the past 18 months. Africa’s mobile usage placed the
region in second with 14.85%, usage in North America sat at 7.96%,
followed by Australia, Europe and South America at 7.55%, 5.13% and
2.86% respectively. Pingdom notes that while worldwide mobile usage
may only account for 10% of Web access, the number is growing at an
extremely fast rate, and some countries’ Internet usage, such as
India, is already nearing 50% from mobile devices.
While significant, the worldwide percentage of people using their mobile devices to access the internet is a lot lower than i imagined. I assumed that approximately 25%-40% of internet users logged on through their mobile devices. If you walk through the airport, you will see many people accessing the internet via tablet or smart phone. We have experienced a boom in technology within the last 10 years. I would love to see the technology available to us 10 years from now. The possibilities are infinite.
ReplyDeleteThe information is very useful. Technology today is definitely growing and it seems like the trend in the technology world is product that is easily accessible and easy to carry around. With the production these tablets and the technology that is put into phones is amazing. Im not surprised that the percentage of internet usage from cellular phones is so high. Everyone wants their information on the go. I believe it will increase even more 10 years from now.
ReplyDeleteI definitely feel that mobile browsing has increased, but I cannot see it increasing much higher. Now that mobile companies are beginning to put limits on their data plans, I definitely expect browsing rates to decrease.
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