The percentage of emails opened on a mobile device has risen from just 4% in May 2009 to 20% in May 2011 while desktop client usage has declined by 11%. Webmail has shown the least change over two years, with a 4% decline.
via Users abandoning desktop email clients for mobile, study reports – Mobile.
Is this true for you?
I have to say… it probably is for me. Â I check my email all the time on my phone.
Very rarely do I respond to email via my phone, unless:
1. Â It’s urgent; or
2. Â I will be away from my desktop/laptop for an extended period of time.
How about you? Â Do you rely more and more on your mobile device when it comes to email communication?
Todd
I agree, Todd. I check and then respond if its urgent or I won’t be at my laptop for a while. I still find that using my Blackberry is not as easy as my laptop, but that may change as new technology comes along.
Depends on the email. I use email for conversations that are important enough that I want to keep a record. Otherwise most folks I know just text.
So I get lots of emails about things I can reply to with a couple words.
I have not used Outlook yet this year. We switched to google hosted email and I exclusively use my EVO or the web client for all email. Great not to be tied to a single computer.
I’m basically in the same boat as you – I read email on my phone all the time, but hardly ever respond that way unless it’s something that can get by with a one or two sentence response. Normally I wait until I’m back at the computer.