• October 6, 2008

MySpace and Facebook dominate on mobile phones, according to an ABI Research survey released Monday. Nearly half (46%) of those who use social networks have also visited a social network through a mobile phone. Of these, nearly 70% visited MySpace and 67% visited Facebook. No other social networking site reached 15% mobile adoption.

Checking for comments and messages from friends has become the major feature that consumers access via phone on social networks. Posting status updates has also been popular, with more than 45% of mobile social users letting others know what they are up to via their phone.

The Consumer Video Technologies Research Service survey conducted between April and June 2008, compiles answers from 500 users who say most access social networks through their PC and mobile phone. Only 1% revealed that they had visited a social network only though a Web-enabled cell phone.--Laurie Sullivan