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Mobile Web picks up
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Obronie
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Yeah, it is great. Sit here on the toilet waiting for the cricket to begin,browsing on my cellphone.
DragonLogos
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A day at the Opera
It is interesting to note that Mobile Internet is catching on in a big way, in fact its growth in numbers is now rapidly appearing on a lot of peoples radars. One of the things that has been promoted with Un-metered Lives concept, last year and again this year. It is possibly one of the best ways of trying to do something about the digital divide, both in South Africa and Africa in General.
A few interesting points, firstly South Africa in particular has featured strongly in the top ten counties in the World using Opera Mini - Also that mobile Web Browsing is gaining big numbers day to day, and this has to have an effect on how the Internet is going to look, sites are going to have to talk down to basics, or lose out on the biggest growing market. Opera Mini alone are up to 21 Million users, and appear to be gaining one Million a month... this also means that there must be a few million just using their normal phone browser, as there are a lot of people that do not know about Opera Mini, and there are some popular makes that do not run it, Samsung's budget range springs to mind - The C140 and B100
The September ' State of the Mobile Web ' is interesting as it Highlights Africa
http://www.opera.com/smw/2008/09
And also there is this Cio link about the Mobile Surge in Africa
http://www.cio.com/article/456367/Opera_Mini_Usage_Surges_in_Africa
Usage of Opera Software's mobile-phone Web browser, Opera Mini, is picking up quickly in Africa, having increased by 180 percent from January to September of this year.
"Month after month, we have witnessed our usage numbers in Africa skyrocket," Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner said in a news statement. "This tells us that change is underway, and more people now have the ability to access the Internet from locations that were previously unthinkable."
According to the International Telecommunication Union, Africa's mobile industry is expanding at nearly double the global rate. Personal computer penetration remains low across the continent, which results in many Africans turning to their mobile phones to get online
It is interesting to note that Mobile Internet is catching on in a big way, in fact its growth in numbers is now rapidly appearing on a lot of peoples radars. One of the things that has been promoted with Un-metered Lives concept, last year and again this year. It is possibly one of the best ways of trying to do something about the digital divide, both in South Africa and Africa in General.
A few interesting points, firstly South Africa in particular has featured strongly in the top ten counties in the World using Opera Mini - Also that mobile Web Browsing is gaining big numbers day to day, and this has to have an effect on how the Internet is going to look, sites are going to have to talk down to basics, or lose out on the biggest growing market. Opera Mini alone are up to 21 Million users, and appear to be gaining one Million a month... this also means that there must be a few million just using their normal phone browser, as there are a lot of people that do not know about Opera Mini, and there are some popular makes that do not run it, Samsung's budget range springs to mind - The C140 and B100
The September ' State of the Mobile Web ' is interesting as it Highlights Africa
http://www.opera.com/smw/2008/09
And also there is this Cio link about the Mobile Surge in Africa
http://www.cio.com/article/456367/Opera_Mini_Usage_Surges_in_Africa
Usage of Opera Software's mobile-phone Web browser, Opera Mini, is picking up quickly in Africa, having increased by 180 percent from January to September of this year.
"Month after month, we have witnessed our usage numbers in Africa skyrocket," Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner said in a news statement. "This tells us that change is underway, and more people now have the ability to access the Internet from locations that were previously unthinkable."
According to the International Telecommunication Union, Africa's mobile industry is expanding at nearly double the global rate. Personal computer penetration remains low across the continent, which results in many Africans turning to their mobile phones to get online