http://disqus.com/people/starkravin/enFri, 01 Aug 2008 16:42:08 -0000http://smstextnews.disqus.com/our_man_and_his_iphone_battery/#comment-1075187I've never had a smartphone I didn't have to drop in the charger every night. <br><br>It's a workaround (and I use that term lightly), but why can't you just plug your iPhone into the charging cable at night. Do you have to use the thing in your sleep or something?starkravinFri, 01 Aug 2008 16:42:08 -0000http://smstextnews.disqus.com/are_half_of_mobile8217s_online/#comment-1040792Gents,<br><br>My apologies if I offended, but the whole notion underlying the posting (that Brits rarely go online with their mobiles) stunned me, because the general consensus is that you Western Europeans are so far ahead of us Yanks in all things mobile data. I guess that's wrong.<br><br>Per James W.'s request, here is some data (much of it global) from Nielsen Mobile (<a href="http://www.telephia.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.telephia.com/</a>) showing mobile internet usage:<br><br><a href="http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/24/mobilebeat-2008-nielsen-data-on-mobile-usage/" rel="nofollow">http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/24/mobilebeat-20...</a><br><br>In terms of subscribers to mobile internet access plans, our overall population appears to be a couple points ahead of the UK in terms of percentage penetration. I think these charts are addressing purely Internet access on the device (meaning mobile web browsing) and not other mobile network services you could classify as mobile data, like texting, shortcodes, ringtone downloads, etc.<br><br>So while I suppose we are ahead of you guys by a little, I still thought your intensity of usage was greater than ours. I suppose this notion only applies to texting...?<br><br>As to rickyc's notion of "I have cheaper net access elsewhere, so why use it on my mobile", I only point him to Ewan's recent rant about the "mobile Hell hole" we are living in. Until we get a real platform for innovation (and my bet is that it is the iPhone), bright minds are never going to get the chance to delight us with compelling new services that impel us to purchase a mobile Internet access plan. Even if it is expensive, we'd be delighted to pay it if the services requiring it delivered value.starkravinTue, 29 Jul 2008 17:21:17 -0000