Which do you most often do on your mobile/cell phone?
From August - October 2007 we asked you, 'Which do you most often do on your mobile/cell phone?' 1169 of you responded with the following results:
- Download ringtones 283 votes (24%)
- Read news or sports content 98 votes (8%)
- Check your email 137 votes (12%)
- Use maps or get directions 39 votes (3%)
- Use search engines to find information 95 votes (8%)
- I don't do any of the above 517 votes (44%)
Why you voted this way
A big thank you to all of you that took the time to tell us why you voted how you did. Some of our favourite comments from you, divided up by how you voted, are:
Download ringtones
I just can't resist downloading different ringtones to go off when different people call me - it's so funny!
Anon
Read news or sports content
I check the latest football and cricket scores with the phone's RSS reader.
Uncle J, London, UK
Wap is ideal to have a quick read of the sports headlines, results and news headlines, if you can't access a normal Internet connection or TV. This has been very useful when I've been up in the mountains!
Pat, Barcelona, Spain
Every morning, just before work, I check the BBC news website on my phone. I get the gist of the news, and save money and paper by not having a newspaper to throw away at the end of the day.
Jonathan, Gloucester, UK
Check your email
I check email the most as I tend to store lots of useful information on my email.
Kate Turgoose, London, UK
Use maps or get directions
I just got the Nokia N95. With GPS tracker software built in and free Internet I'm constantly tracking myself and navigating smart rather than wandering around trying to find places accidentally on purpose
Leyton Jay, Crawley, UK
Love Google Maps and it works great on the mobile. Google Maps on a mobile is like a TomTom for cyclists.
Jo, London, UK
Use search engines to find information
My mobile is an extension to my laptop now and I rely on it just as much for search as I do SMS and talking!
Alex, London, UK
I don't do any of the above
It's far too expensive to surf the web on a mobile telephone.
Richard, Luton, UK
What's the point of wasting your money instead of using a home computer? You can easily do whatever you want from a home Internet service and it's much easier, effective and cheap. Why on earth pay an extra fee for your mobile Internet!?
Ush, Bradford, UK
If you call the major providers and ask how much it is to connect to the Internet without the monthly plan, they tell you, “It depends on the kb of the site you visit.” Honestly? My rising phone bill rests in the hands of Joe Random web designer!? No thanks.
Sarah, Alabama, USA
Too expensive to connect to the Internet from my mobile.
Lisa, Sheffield, UK
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