480
million smartphones and tablets sold in 2011[that is the first time it's been more than PCs and laptops combined]
Some facts
10
billion mobile connected devices by 2020[smartphones sales will over-take normal or 'feature' phones worldwide in 2012]
1/2
of all internet sessions in SA come from a phone[so more people are accessing the internet through their phone than a computer]
97
% of consumers search for local businesses online.[in the US, according to Google Places]
61
% of long-haul travellers use a smartphone / tablet[when travelling. Geo-located (e.g. weather and map) app are the most popular]
18
billion iPhone apps downloaded since 2008[over one million apps available across all app stores]
2
Google maps is the 2nd most popular app[only Facebook exceeds it]
0.00006
seconds between new GPS location requests[geo-location services grown by over 300% in last four years]