Do you think about where people are when they open your email? Well, you should. According to comScore, 40% of mobile users (all phone types) used mobile email. 78% of smartphone users use email on their phones–and more people are using smartphones every quarter. 64% of the people who use email on their phones do [...]

Hot of the press data on teens and communicating from Pew Internet and American Life Project. How do teens communicate? 63% use text to communicate with others every day 39% make and receive voice calls on their mobile phones every day 35% socialize with others in person outside of school on a daily basis 29% [...]

According to Pew, almost 50% of American adults now own a smartphone, an 11% increase over last year. Audience Differences The devil is always in the details. Agencies need to take a careful look at their audience(s) before deploying mobile products. If your audience is low-income seniors, 89% of whom do not own these new [...]

The annual gadget juggernaut, the Consumer Electronics Show, wound down last week. Missing from the aisles of shiny new toys? Feature phones. In years past, handset makers such as LG, Motorola, Nokia, and Samsung would have unveiled dozens of “regular” cell phones. Not so. In fact, there were hardly any feature phones announced at CES [...]

Last week we had two champions debate the pros and cons of mobile websites versus native apps. Neil Bonner, from the Transportation Security Administration, was our proponent of mobile websites. Mike Pulsifer, Department of Labor, was our firm believer in the value of mobile apps. These gladiators were joined by Dalroy Ward from EPA as [...]

When agency folks gather together to talk about mobile gov, the number one question asked is, “Should we do a mobile app or a mobile web site?” To help people with that question, we’re going to become fight promoters and sponsor THE BATTLE OF THE CENTURY!! Mobile Web Vs. Mobile Apps We will have two [...]

Federal travelers can now access federal per diem rates on lodging, meal and incidental expenses using their mobile phone. The General Services Administration released the Per Diem Mobile App this week on the iPhone and Blackberry platforms. The agency has plans to release a version for Android  soon. From GSA: This app allows travelers to [...]

With your help, we’ve discovered the case for Mobile Gov and discussed ten challenges to agencies trying to use mobile technologies to achieve their missions and better serve the American public. Our next step is to gather the smart minds of people in government, industry, nonprofits, academia and the general public to Design Mobile Gov. What Tell us! [...]