Mobile consumption of Wi-Fi is on the rise as consumers become increasingly mobile, according to a new report by JiWire.
Overall, the number of mobile devices accessing Wi-Fi hotspots grew by 79 percent in the first half of this year. While the iPhone and iPod Touch remain the most popular Wi-Fi enabled mobile devices, collectively representing 97.8 percent of all mobile device connections, the Palm Pre launched as the fifth most popular mobile device in June 2009, just within the first three months of its introduction.
When looking specifically at the online audience in cafes and coffee shops the findings indicate that people tend to use these places as the extended "home office" or "college library" with 83 percent of users connecting locally in their own neighborhood.
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