THREE QUARTERS MOBILE PHONES USERS ENGAGE IN MOBILE SOSIAL NETWORKINGS

"Survey respondents say
the mobile phone provides sufficient access
to the activities they like doing with social networks:
viewing content, sending media, and updating profiles,"
said Neil Strother, Practice director ABI Research.

An online survey conducted by ABI Research in March 2011 has revealed that almost three quarters (73%) of mobile phone users in the United States use their phones to visit social networking sites daily, sometimes more than once each day.

Other popular phone-based activities included:

• Checking email (80%)

• Checking weather and reading news (63% each)

• Playing music or viewing stock quotes (53% each)

• Checking sports scores (51%)

• Searching for information (48%)

• Playing games(39%)

MALAYSIA HAS MOST DIGITAL FRIENDS

Social Networking Sites

"We are working
n the premise that,
as technological advances continue,

the traditional mediums of television and radio

may become usurped in their potency

in terms of delivering important messages to society at large, said Professor John Preston,

A study conducted by TNS, a research firm which interviewed 50,000 consumers in 46 countries has revealed that Malaysians have the most friends on their social networks.

In Malaysia the average number of friends is 233 closely followed by 231 in Brazil and 217 in Norway.

Besides having the most friends, Malaysians are also the heaviest users of social networking sites. They spend an average of nine hours per week on these sites.

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