Even though it has been around for quite a while the fact that the initial promises made about mobile internet were far from what it actually delivered has made it less than popular, however, recent figures have shown that this has all changed.

The initial release of a mobile version of the internet over WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) was, to say the least, disappointing, With the promise of ‘the internet on your phone’ turning out to be little more than Teletext on the Web at speeds that were sometimes worse than dial-up the initial hype quickly turning into a joke that the few users that went for it found funny.

What people originally wanted was the real internet on their phone, which is what had they had been promise, and they wanted broadband speeds of access to it. A decade on and user can finally get what they had wanted all along with the release of 3G and Microsoft, Opera and Apple browsers.
It has only been quite recently where the largest change has taken place and however much people don’t want to admit it the Apple iPhone has complete changed how people look at mobile devices. The iPhone has change people perceptions of what mobile phones are because it is more a computer with a built-in phone than a phone with a built-in computer.

The huge increase in the number of people using mobile devices to access the internet in the UK has jumped by 25 percent in Q3 of this year compared to that of Q2, which is an incredibly single quarter rise. According to research company Nielson Online mobile devices are the main area of growth of people accessing the internet.

This means that web access using mobile broadband devices now accounts for an audience of 7.5 million people in the UK. It is interest to find that there has long been a high level of commitment shown by the BBC news site for mobile user as it is now the most popular site to be accessed with about 1.7 million people using it.

The demographics for mobile users does seem to favour younger users but with 12 percent of mobile users being in the senior bracket it does look like it now caters for older users too.