Mobile users want email more than social networking

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by Mike Butcher

on January 19, 2008

Email, not social networking, is the most desired service for UK mobile phone users according to a survey of 1,010 mobile phone users by . Some 33% stated that email would be their number one priority followed by 25% of the votes for social networking. And 20% highlighted a preference for using their phone to access local information about their surroundings while 13% said that they would use their phone to obtain travel and route planning information. The results from the Webcredible survey were:

* Email – 335 votes (33%)
* Social networks – 254 votes (25%)
* Local information/whats around you – 199 votes (20%)
* Travel information/planning – 135 votes (13%)
* Online shopping – 87 votes (9%)

http://customerstreet.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/mobile-internet-increases-in-popularity/ Mobile Internet Increases in Popularity « The Customer Street Blog

[...] Techcrunch.com have published results from a survey which show the sort of things that people want from their phones. Surprisingly enough email (33%) was the thing most people wanted their phone to feature. Second place was taken by social networking (25%) and in third place with 20% of the votes came local information. [...]