>Think of all the web developers out there whose audience has now increased dramatically because of Facebook and iPhone getting more people to use the web.
Do you have any data that backs this up? This seems dramatically counter-intuitive. I don't imagine a lot of people who would otherwise not be using the internet buying iPhones.
well for facebook..... Think about how they benefit small businesses.
Now pretty much every small business I know has a facebook page. Most of the one's I'm thinking of didn't have a webpage. Now they can reach their audience with give aways and draws.
More thank half of my wife's wall is company page postings. Before facebook, we'd never heard form these companies after we bought something from them because they lacked the technical sophistication or didn't think it was worth their time. Facebook small business pages have been a real boon to small businesses from my perspective.
As for cell phones, it's true that I don't visit new sites due to having a cell phone, but I do visit sites much more often now that I've got a cell phone with internet.
Now if I"ve got 10 free minutes I can check my espn fantasy hockey stats or read hacker news.
Oh please, just look around you - people have their faces buried in their phones everywhere you go, and it spans all demographics. Go to any airport and count the number of people using iPads. I don't need to provide data to back this up, although I'm confident I could; it's all around us.
Do you have any data that backs this up? This seems dramatically counter-intuitive. I don't imagine a lot of people who would otherwise not be using the internet buying iPhones.
Facebook, perhaps, but not the iPhone.