[From Hans] Our mobile devices are eating data. "With bandwidth-heavy streaming apps such as Netflix, HBO Go, and Pandora out on the market, users are consuming more data than ever before on their smartphones. According to a new report by Nielsen out today, average U.S. smartphone data usage is up by 89% in the last 12 months.
For carriers, as the report indicates, that could have huge implications: How will Verizon, AT&T, and others be able to keep up with this explosion of data usage, especially as the number of smartphone users continues to rise dramatically? But the report also gives insight into the use of individual smartphone OS's beyond bland and redundant market share studies" Read in full.