And for 14 per cent the mobile device is the primary means to connect.
JiWire's research shows that the iPhone and iPod Touch are the devices used most to connect to wi-fi in the US, but that Google's Android jumped to second place in Q4 of 2009, with 167 per cent quarterly growth in market share.
The report shows that usage of non-phone mobile devices, such as the Sony PSP, continues to grow among public wi-fi users. Three out of the top ten mobile devices used on public Wi-Fi aren't phones.
Over 890 million Internet enabled wireless devices are expected to ship this year alone according to Morgan Stanley. And public wi-fi is becoming more pervasive with a 21.9 per cent growth in locations in 2009.
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