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Results of the UMassD Mobile Use Survey

As part of the Mobile Computing Initiative, 513 UMass Dartmouth students, faculty and staff responded to a survey last December. The purpose of the survey was better understand how people are using Mobile devices and the applications used.  The following are some of the results:

•     71.9% UMD community owns a Smart phone (iPhone,Blackberry,Android,Windows) 
•     Of the 71.9% smartphone users, 48.9% are undergraduates followed by staff 19.9% 
•     Email and Homepage are the web apps accessed via UmassD mobile 
•     Top requested campus mobile apps: interactive campus map, dart van location service, access to COIN, communication alerts, and grades 
•     Laptop still preferred mobile device at 80% with smartphone shortly behind at 71% 

In order to read more about the survey and the Mobile Computing Initiative visit http://www.umassd.edu/mobilecomputing/mobileusagesurveyresults/