Check e-mail has become the dominant activity in the U.S. mobile phones. In June 2010, users spent 25 minutes to email (if time were condensed into a single hour), according to Nielsen. 34% use their mobile phone in May of that year, as explained by Pew Internet & American Life Project .
The second activity which people spend time is to visit the internet sites (7 minutes), followed by social networking (6:18 minutes) and searches (4:12 minutes).
However, despite the continued success of e-mail, networking is still the fastest growing activity (80% between 2009 and 2010). On the other hand, smartphones have helped networking penetration increases. According to comScore , 53% of smartphone users participate in social networks.
Time spent on different activities by Internet users on mobile phone (June 2010, USA)
Email … … … … … … … … … … … … … 25: oo minutes
Portales … … … … … … … … … … … … 7:00 min.
Social networks / blogs … … … … … .6:18 min.
Searches … … … … … … … … … … … .4:12 min.
News … … … … … … … … … … … … .. 2:42 min.
Entertainment … … … … … … … … .2:00 min.
Music … … … … … … … … … … … … … .1:54 min.
Time … … … … … … … … … … … … 1:42 min.
Sports … … … … … … … … … … … … .1:24 min.
Videos / DVDs … … … … … … … … .1:12 min.
Other … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 6:42 min.
Minutes spent on each activity if the time spent was condensed into a single hour.