1 billion mobile devices will access the Internet in 2010

Posted on | December 4, 2009 | No Comments

This is an example of mobile use from Grameen Foundation AppLab Uganda Launch

Many people, especially in developing countries will visit Internet the first time in a mobile instead of a computer in 2010 according to IDCs prediction. we’re not yet talking about “the death of the PC”; far from it, as 2010 will see over 300 million PCs sold. But we are talking about mobile devices no longer being viewed as strictly subservient to PCs but as primary client platforms for developers and users alike.

Over 1 billion mobile devices will access the Internet in 2010. IDC predicts that, for the first time, there will be over 1 billion mobile devices accessing the Internet by year-end, gaining quickly on the 1.3 billion PCs accessing the Internet (the former are growing at 2.5 times the rate of the latter). The most strategic portion of these mobile devices are converged mobile devices (aka smartphones),

IDC ends the year as usual with an outlook for the coming year in the information technology and telecommunications market.

Read the whole report here.

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