Friday, January 15, 2010

Mobile Phones To Overtake PCs By 2013


Paying bills, sending money transfers, talking via video, downloading music, editing pictures and videos, streaming television programs, watching major sporting events, all on a cellular phone? Sound like something from the far off future, think again, the cellular digital age is upon us now.

Mobile phones will overtake PCs as the most-used device to access the Web by 2013, according to a report from research firm Gartner. The use of smartphones and browser-equipped phones will exceed 1.82 billion units in 2013, while the number of PCs in use will reach 1.78 billion units. Additionally, the report predicts Facebook will become a central hub for social network integration and Web socialization by 2012.

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