Press Release Summary: One ongoing hurdle to mobile internet usage has been the presence of confusing data service plans for consumers, resulting in cautious use, due to consumer fear of accumulating large service charges.
Press Release Body: iPhone - an Internet-enabled multimedia mobile phone that offer services like Internet services including e-mail, web browsing, and local Wi-Fi connectivity- appears to have already had a large effects on the mobile phone industry, with many showing off iPhone clones.
It is noted that in one conference entitled \"It\'s the User Experience, Stupid\", a blue-ribbon panel of human behavior and technology experts agreed that the iPhone represents a model for mobile operators to follow. They agreed that the existing user interfaces on mobile phones were poor compared to the iPhone and suggested that the iPhone\'s simply structured internet plans may also serve to encourage mobile internet usage.
One ongoing hurdle to mobile internet usage has been the presence of confusing data service plans for consumers, resulting in cautious use, due to consumer fear of accumulating large service charges.
In fact, it comes in sight that internet has been used many time more by iPhone owners than their non-iPhone counterparts. There are 50 times more searches originating from the iPhone than any other mobile handset, Google revealed. The discrepancy was so great that Google initially thought it was a mistake. The same finding has also been reported by O2 who found that 60% of U.K. It is reported that more than 25 MB of data a month has been sent or received by iPhone users.
Even though mobile internet usage remains a growing and potentially profitable market, but it has not been largely drawn upon with existing mobile phones.