Report says one in five purchase items via Mobile
By Ben Robinson on Friday, July 25th, 2008 at 4:06 AM PST In Mobile Payments, The Digital Life
Really? That high?
A recent survey by BuzzCity (”a provider of global wireless communities and consumer services”) has apparently should that 20% of people have bought things on their mobiles, and over 30% expressed interest in doing money transfers via their device.
Apparently, books, downloads, and virtual gifts (is that like when you think about giving something to someone, but dont? 
) are the most popular items. Up there too were Games, movies and music.
Pointing to the future, respondents indicated that they would consider day-to-day transactions such as ordering groceries, and paying restaurant bills and parking fees via their mobiles. However, while respondents appeared keen to pay for a range of financial services, from mobile commerce to mobile banking, they are often unaware how to do so.
It doesn’t say what the sample size was for the research, so we can’t know whether it was 10 people or 10,000 – I would wonder whether 30% of the general populous would actually want to transact banking over their mobile devices, given all the hysteria whipped up around internet security recently. But, taken at face value, it’s another indicator that we are moving more towards a world of mobile online transactions, and probably at the same time, streamlined contactless payments.
[Via: vnunet.com]
