Internet leaders peg phones as leading medium for internet use by 2020

by Darren Murph posted Dec 17th 2008 at 7:52PM

A survey of internet leaders, activists and analysts -- which undoubtedly included one Kim Jong Il -- found that by 2020, the leading method for accessing the intarwebz will not be highly potent Alienware gaming rigs, but cellphones. Granted, the finding isn't all that shocking considering just how ubiquitous mobiles are in comparison to full-fledged PCs, but it's still a rather astounding hypothesis. Comically enough, these very "leaders" couldn't come to an agreement on whether the widespread access along with other tech advances would "lead to more social tolerance, more forgiving human relations, or better home lives." Ah well, we've only got a dozen years to find out, no need to spin your wheels now.

[Via mocoNews]

Filed under: Culture, Handsets, Studies

Tags: 2020, cellphones, communication, global, growth, handsets, mobiles, research, study

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L3 @ Dec 17th 2008 8:22PM

duh.

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KilgoreTrout @ Dec 17th 2008 9:16PM

Thanks for the illuminating insight

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KilgoreTrout @ Dec 17th 2008 9:19PM

Internet leaders don't know shaisse.
I peg digiframes as the leading mediums for internet use by next wendsday.

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L3 @ Dec 17th 2008 9:35PM

About this, you are totally correct. Do they mean Internet leader Al Gore? 'Love the Leader!'

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Shugg @ Dec 18th 2008 12:52AM

2020? Try 06 29 2007. I've only checked email on my pc 3 times in last year. Send/receive about 25 per day,I browse about 2 hours per day, 1thats on a cell.,16 gig 3g iPhone ,y wait till 2020...

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SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread - XBL: SoCoolCurt) @ Dec 18th 2008 4:11AM

i do ALOT of internet browsing on my phone. i mean, the thing is always in my pocket and with the programs i have running on it, it's pretty close to a desktop (in functionality at least). why would i want to wait for my laptop to boot up to surf the net for a couple minutes when it only takes a couple clicks on my smartphone. i agree with this guy but i dont think it will take til 2020.