On the digital divide

But the mobile Web means different things to different people. For more affluent populations, it generally means wireless access with a laptop computer. For poorer people it means a cellphone, which is not a perfect replacement for other forms of online access, said Mr. Smith and several others who study social issues related to technology.

From yesterday’s New York Times blog post Mobile Web Use and the Digital Divide by Joshua Brustein. [via @negrophile]

Also see: Mobile Access 2010 from The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.