Mobile Web Usage Comparision 2008 & 2009

Source: Smartcompany.com.au

Reasons for having a mobile website

In 2009, $1.6 billion was obtained from purchases in mobile devices

93% of Americans own their mobile phones.

5% of the top 500 online retailers possess a mobile site/ iPhone app

Budgets for mobile marketing is expected to cross $6.5 billion in 2012

Internet users are using it on an average of 13 hours a week, which was just 7 in 2002

There are more than 2 billion mobile phones estimated worldwide

Google owns a separate mobile site index

Nearly 1/5 of Americans access mobile web daily

Mobile web is expected to surpass desktop web in just five years

Mobile Web Browsers

Opera Mobile

Opera Mini

Skyfire

Safari

Google Android

Microsoft IE for Mobile

Firefox Mobile

Bolt

Teashark

Blazer

Mozilla's Minimo

Bitstream's Thunderhawk

S60 Web Browser.

Ten Best Intranets of 2010

•Enbridge, Inc., a leader in energy transportation and distribution in North America (Canada)

•GE, a diversified technology, media, and financial services company (US)

•Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), a nonprofit medical research organization (US)

•Huron Consulting Group, a consulting company (US)

•Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a NASA Center that manages robotic spacecraft exploration of Earth, the solar system, and the universe (US)

•The MITRE Corporation, a not-for-profit organization managing four federally funded research and development centers (US)

•SCANA Corp., a Fortune 500 energy-based holding company (US)

•Trend Micro, Inc., a leader in Internet content security (Japan)

•URS Corporation, a leading provider of engineering, construction, and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies (US)

•Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Walmart), a retailer with more than 8,000 retail units under 53 different banners in 15 countries (US).

Source: Useit.com