[Web4lib] Pew Internet Report > The Future is Wireless

[McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]]

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The Latest Pew Internet & American Life report > Pew Internet Report:
Wireless Internet Use / July 22 2009
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56% Of All Americans Have Accessed The Internet By Wireless Means 

 

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An April 2009 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center's Internet &
American Life Project asked respondents whether they had used a variety
of devices - laptops, cell phones, game consoles, and more - to go
online using a wireless network. Altogether, 56% of Americans said they
have at some point used wireless means for online access. 

*         39% of all Americans have used a laptop computer to go online
wirelessly, making this the most prevalent means of wireless access. 

*         32% of all Americans have gotten online with a mobile device -
meaning they have used a cell phone or other handheld device to check
email, access the internet for information, or send instant messages. 

Together, laptop and mobile wireless access account for the vast
majority of wireless access, as 51% of Americans have gotten online
using either of these two methods. Some people (19% of Americans) opt
for both means of wireless access - portable laptops on fast WiFi
networks or handheld access on slower networks from cell carriers.

Use of the internet on mobile devices has grown sharply from the end of
2007 to the beginning of 2009.

*         In December 2007, 24% of Americans said they had at some point
used the internet on their mobile device. 

*         By April 2009, 32% of Americans said they had at some point
used the internet on their mobile device. 

*         In December 2007, 11% of Americans said they had yesterday
accessed the internet on their mobile. 

*         By April 2009, 19% of Americans said they had yesterday
accessed the internet on their mobile. 

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Gerry McKiernan

Associate Professor

Science and Technology Librarian

Iowa State University Library

Ames IA 50011

 

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