A third of US 8-12yr olds have mobiles; none use mobile internet

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More than a third of US tweens – eight to 12 year-olds – owns a mobile phone, says a study by Nielsen Mobile. The study, which examined 5,500 tweens and teenagers in the US – found that 35% of tweens owned a handset. One in five has used text messaging, while 21% have used ring and answer tones, says the survey.

All good, right? At least they’re using their mobile phones, yes?

Well. Here’s the kicker. None of them are using mobile internet.

However, regular internet usage among tween mobile users is low: only 5% say they access the internet over their phone each month. Mobile internet is popular when outdoors, with 41% of the tweens saying that they access it while commuting or travelling.

Ok, so five percent. That’s none. ‘None’ in my arbitrary book, anyway.

No wonder, though. They’re accessing the mobile internet on pieces of shit that can display four lines of text on a screen. No WONDER.

Give them all 3G iPhones and the situation would be different.

And none of them use mobile applications, I’m willing to bet, too. Because their shiny new handset (that’s actually older than they are) can’t run anything but poxy reduced J2ME rubbish.

WOE.

WOE IS ME!

I’m going to sort them out when I get to San Francisco this week. Just watch me..