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Facebook Mobile User Counts Revealed: 192M Android, 147M iPhone, 48M iPad, 56M Messenger
Facebook keeps user counts for its mobile apps hidden, but analyst Benedict Evans found a way to uncover them and they provide critical insight into the direction and performance of Facebook’s mobile efforts. Most interestingly, Facebook’s Android user count is growing much faster than its iPhone user base, but is found on a lower percentage of Android devices. Let’s take a closer look at the data.Data
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The Nielsen Company's most recent research on mobile connected devices sheds new light on how consumers are using their tablets, eReaders and smartphones – and where they are using them, too. According to Nielsen’s recent survey of nearly 12,000 connected device owners: Seventy percent of tablet owners and 68 percent of smartphone owners said they use their devices while watching television, compared to only 35 percent of eReader owners. Sixty-one percent of eReader owners use their device in bed, compared to 57 percent of tablet owners and 51 percent of smartphone owners. But just how much time are tablet, eReader, and smartphone owners spending using their device while watching TV or lying in bed?
In the U.S., Tablets are TV Buddies while eReaders Make Great Bedfellows
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L’iPad a représenté 80% des ventes de tablettes au premier trimestre de 2011
The most important app for the iPad remains Safari , according to a survey of our readers . We asked them about how they spend time with the iPad, and the results are below. This is the second time we surveyed readers on iPad usage. The last time we did it was in November.
CHART OF THE DAY: How People Actually Use iPads
From the way that OEMs are rushing to get ahead in the slate race , you’d think that tablets were just about as ubiquitous as our beloved smartphones. But according to Nielsen , that is not the case, whatsoever. In fact, only about 5 percent of the 12,000 U.S. consumers surveyed own a tablet.
Despite The Hype, Just 5 Percent Of U.S. Owns A Tablet, Says Nielsen
I bet a currywurst this will rise to 10% before end 2011 by May 19

