A U.N. report published March 2, 2009, states that six in ten people (60%) of the world’s population has a cell phone subscription. The driving growth trend is coming from poor, developing countries. This 60% figure is up from just under 15% in 2002.
Internet use has more than doubled to 23% in 2008 up from 11% in 2002.population now has cell phone, highest ever
The U.N. report also ranked the U.S. 17th among countries by how advanced their information and communications technology (ICT) is, with Hong Kong at #11, China at #73 and India at #118, both of the latter two have a high technology base but whose ranking was affected by their large populations and poor, rural areas.
These facts indicate how rapidly advancing communications technologies continue to change with implications for ways to use Tablet and other mobile PCs for learning.
Hmm, it looks like the mass market of independent lerners is forming faster than I expected. It’s time to get those independent learning software programs developed faster also. So, I’ll get back to work!
It seems like a double edge sword… It’s great that technology is spreading across the globe, but does EVERYONE need a cell phone?… http://gadget.ology.com/2009/03/06/can-you-hear-me-now-good/-Jared J. H. Catapano (ology.com)
Probably not everyone, Jared. Yet, I think most people can gain value by using them as a way to obtain a personal prompt. At the same time, I find public texters and cell phone users more rude than required by the quality of their conversations. What do you think?