By A Bisht
According to comScore,
The number of people of who sought local information on a mobile device grew 51 percent from March 2008 to March 2009.
The mobile browser came out to be the leading (most preferred) local information access method. Some numbers:
Number of users using mobile browser in March 2009____20.7 million
Number of users using mobile browser in March 2008____15.4 million
Growth versus the year ago________________________34 percent
The 'Application downloaded to phone or Downlaoded Applications' showed the strongest growth among all access methods. Consider these
Number of users who downloaded apps in March 2009____11.3 million
Number of users who downloaded apps in March 2008____6.2 million
Growth versus the year ago_________________________83 percent
SMS, as a local information access method, stood second both in terms of audience, at 11.7 million in March 2009; and growth, at 72 percent.
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