Techcrunch reported today on Quantcast’s 2009 tracking of mobile web usage.
My take: Even though mobile web usage increased by 110% since 2008, the numbers are still pretty weak, with mobile browsers accounting for only around 1% of all browser usage. In fact, according to the W3C, even the ancient Internet Explorer 6 browser is still getting around 11 times more usage than mobile web browsers.
But, will 2010 be the year of mobile?
Google is betting their homepage on it. They have given key homepage real estate to an ad for their brand new Nexus One phone.
Google's homepage on 1/6/2010
The link for Nexus one points to the very cool URL www.google.com/phone.
www.google.com/phone
The Nexus One brings the latest generation of touch screen smart phones to the T-Mobile network at about $20 less a month than the iPhone, according to billshrink.com.
Now that touch screen, iPhone-style smart phones are available for all four major U.S. cell phone networks, I think it’s fair to say that the playing field is set for an upsurge in mobile web usage. Your thoughts?
