Pew: The Mobile Difference

http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/5-The-Mobile-Difference–Typology.aspx

  • 8% of adults use mobile devices and broadband platforms for continual information exchange to collaborate with their social networks
  • 7% of adults actively use mobile devices and social networking tool, yet are ambivalent about all the connectivity
  • 8% of Americans find mobility lighting their information pathways, but have comparatively few tech assets at home
  • 16% of adults are active conduits of content and information for
  • 61% are anchored to stationary media; though many have broadband and cell phones, coping with access is often too much for them