If you ’re in an aerodrome and using the public Wi - Fi , chances are you are reading this Charles William Post on your smartphone or tablet . And for 83 percent of you , this mobile gadget is either an iPhone , iPad or iPod tactual sensation .
grant to data compiled by Boingo Wireless , the caller behind 60 airport hotspots and over 400,000 public hot spot worldwide , a dwindling number of user ( 41 percent ) pull out their laptop at public hotspot , while most ( 59 pct ) use a smartphone or a tablet .
This is a accomplished 180 from 2008 when the absolute majority of mass ( 88.5 percent ) were rocking laptops and a small nonage ( 11 percent ) were cruise the cyberspace using a mobile machine .
And it ’s iOS that rules the roving roost on Boingo ’s wireless mesh . Yes , the information show that Android twist have tripled in number over the last year , but its 11 percent share pales in comparison to the 83 percent commanded by the iPhone , iPad and iPod signature .
So what are the great unwashed doing with their peregrine twist on these public Wi - Fi hotspot ? Boingo thinks most people are streaming medicine and video because datum usage by fluid devices is skyrocketing . In 2011 , user are pulling down 0.89 MB of data per minute , up from a measly 0.37 M in 2009 . A little less than a megabyte per hour is not a lot , but it may be enough to on the QT look on Rebecca Black on your iPhone while you wait for your plane . [ Boingo Wireless ]
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