More Opera Mini browser users ages 18 to 27, also known as"Generation Y,"use their mobile phones to browse the web than they do their desktop or laptop computer, according to Opera Software's latest State of the Mobile Web report.
Here are some other interesting facts from their report:
>Almost 90 percent of U.S. respondents aged 18 to 27 have used their phones to share photos.
>Forty-four percent of U.S. respondents have asked someone out on a date via SMS.
>Generation Y users in the U.S. and China share a mutual disdain for printed newspapers. Fifty-three percent of U.S. respondents and 57 percent of Chinese respondents rarely or never read physical newspapers.
>Over 10 percent of U.S. Gen Y respondents say it's always okay for friends to browse or send text messages during a restaurant meal--close to 30 percent say it's usually okay, a little over 30 percent feel it's generally impolite and about 25 percent don't care either way.
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