3rd World Country Tops USA in Texting! 12 Other Interesting Facts

Here’s a selection of ‘hard to believe’ useless, but interesting stats and facts from all corners of the web concerning mobile phone usage. $100 Million worth of ringtones sold per year in India alone? C’mon…

• 13.5 million people have downloaded a mobile game from April to June of ‘06. [Link]
• The revenues for the above was $46.9 million USD, and since Q3 of ‘05 revenues have gone up 63 percent. [Link]
• Tendonitis and carpal tunnel have been tied to excessive text messaging. Learn to be a switch hitter! [Link]
• 7 million US cell phone customers will watch TV on their cell phone this year, and 24 million by 2010. [Link]
• China has 425.37 million cell phone subscribers, that 1.5 times of the US population. [Link]
• 35 billion text messages were sent in June alone in China, averaging 2.75 texts per phone per day. [Link]
• USA is 22.6 times the population of Ecuador and 10 times the wealth, yet Ecuador sends four times as many text messages as Americans. [Link]
• Cell phone users from India download ringtones worth $100 million USD a year. [Link]
• 67 percent of India’s GDP is made up of consumer spending, they are second to the US which is 70 percent.
• Verizon filters up to 50,000 text messages that are considered spam every day. [Link]
• 84 percent of parents want their children available via cell phone during school hours. [Link]
• ~44 percent of people who own a phone capable of playing music have not added any music files to their cell phones. [Link]