Reed Hundt, the former Chariman of the FCC, writes about the true larger trends for mobile media and services over at the TPMCafe…here is a key quote from his posting: “The inevitable corollary will be that mobile devices provide the primary mode of access to the Internet. Mobile computing devices — laptops and “tweeners” (objects between [...]

In another sign of the “next generation” of voters… A recent survey of “tweens” showed their most desired items to buy as they go back to school… 69% of the students aged between 7 - 12 years old “say they strongly desire a cell phone to complete their back-to-school wares, even naming the new iPhone as [...]

A GMI poll was just released on the effect of Social Networks like Myspace and Facebook on the 2008 election. It had some very interesting findings: “The poll revealed that 17 percent of consumers have looked at presidential candidates’ MySpace, Facebook, or other social networking pages.” and that “it’s not just youngsters who are checking out the [...]

New numbers on text messaging adoption from Jupiter Research, as described in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: “About 52 percent of the roughly 226 million cellphone users across the country sent a text message in 2006, according to JupiterResearch. That’s up considerably from 44 percent the previous year. And the growth is expected to continue through 2011, when [...]

Be sure to check out the front page article in today’s Post on text messaging and the 2008 election, a number of folks - including myself - are quoted talking over the early efforts this cycle at using the new medium…. The article is a good snapshot of US mobile political action circa 2007… so far…

From the NY Times… this article shows about 10% to 16% audience response to contests at concerts and plays: “For a similar promotion with a tour of the rock-oriented theatrical production Blue Man Group, an average of 16 percent of audience members sent text messages, Mr. Bazadona said. In a tour that covered 60 cities in [...]

From the AP news: “More than a quarter of young adults have only cellphones, making them the leading edge of a strengthening move away from traditional landline telephones, a federal survey showed Monday… One in four people aged 18 to 24 had only cellphones, as did 29% of those aged 25 to 29, the study showed. The [...]

…From AP News…And expect this same trend to hit the political ad space with a fury: “Where have all the TV Viewers gone? In TV’s worst spring in recent memory, an alarming number of Americans drifted away from television the past two months: More than 2.5 million fewer people were watching ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox [...]

New Numbers from IGR Research: “…according to a major new multiclient study from iGR, approximately 50 to 70 percent of 12- to 14-year olds have their own cell phones. Penetration among those aged 15 to 17 years is even higher; the vast majority have used a cell phone for more than two years. Moreover, a significant [...]

From the latest research at iCrossing on Mobile Search: “30% of mobile users access the Internet on their mobile devices, 75% of those who do also conduct searches. In addition, the study finds that users prefer to search via the major search engines rather than via carriers’ mobile platforms… 50% of them doing so several times [...]