In the U.S., the mobile Web still lags
Around the world, mobile-telephone users have access to a broad array of next-generation Web functionality, but in the U.S., use of the mobile Web has yet to gain popularity. An estimated 88% of mobiles on the market in the U.S. have some Web-browsing capability, but a modest 16.6% of users actually take advantage of the technology to go online, according to research firm M: Metrics Inc. Wall Street Journal, The (01/29)