The Biz of Coding

Mobile Usage beats PC Usage by more than 3:1

by Ujwal Tickoo on August 1st, 2008

In 2008 Mobile Usage has already overtaken PC usage by a ratio of over three to one. World wide Mobile users topped 3.3 billion by the end of 2007 with emerging markets showing the fastest growth in adoption. PC Adoption on the other hand would reach 1 billion users by the end of 2008, according to Forrestor Research.

3.3 billion mobile users is about 49% of the world population! According to ITU the global annual average growth rate  for mobile adoption stood at 22 percent. No wonder that mobile application developers and startups are cropping all over the place. PC adoption is much slower than that of mobile. Further according to Forrestor:

there will be…more than 2 billion (PC users) by 2015 — a 12.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2003 and 2015. It took more than a quarter of a century to reach the first billion users, but with advancing technology, lower prices, and global demand for a technology-aware population, it will take only seven years to reach the next billion.

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