Is the handheld device the future of news?
When we stopped in Baker for lunch I pulled out my BlackBerry and scanned for important messages and the latest news. One message contained a link to a video, which I watched for a couple of seconds before realizing it was one I'd blogged on a couple of weeks earlier.
The question is: Will people suckled on such devices use them for news gathering?
A recent survey by Magid Media Labs suggests they will.
Among the key findings:
— 46 percent of mobile device owners say watching video on it is “appealing.”
— 88 percent express interest in local news and information content.
— 65 percent expressed interest in watching entertainment and 44 percent for sports.
— 31 percent would give a mobile device to children to watch in the car.
— 49 percent said they would watch commercials.
