The bottom line of the results highlights what Nokia calls "digital convergence," which is just having one multi-functional device instead of a cell phone, mp3 player, camera, portable gaming device, etc. According to the study, 44% of the respondents said that they used their camera phones as their main cameras. In addition, "over two-thirds predict a music-enabled mobile will replace their MP3 player and nearly half want to connect up their mobile device with their home electronics."

While I have yet to embrace digital music convergence (I still carry around a cell phone, a PSP for music/games/video, AND a laptop for getting work done), it's not too hard to see the cell phones heading in that direction. For me, I won't be converging anything until someone steps up to the plate and makes some decent cell phone batteries.

Mobile web is another feature that seems to be gaining widespread use. 36% of people surveyed said they used their mobile phone to surf the Web monthly, while 36% of users in Japan, on average, used the mobile web daily. That's pretty crazy.

It's too bad that rates for mobile web are still hovering at the 1 cent per every 1 kb of data. $1 = 100 kb. That's not a whole lot on the web, considering some web pages hit the 100 kb mark pretty easily. Unlimited internet for Cingular is still a crappy $20 bucks a month, which is way too much for me.

The Nokia study also covered music preferences - did you know the most popular form of music in the world is...pop? Haha, I bet you didn't. The results for music genres were: pop (35%), rock (21%), dance (8%), and classical (7%).

Finally, when asked whether users would like to see their entire home linked together (say with a wireless network that connects the pc, stereo system, appliances, printers, etc), 42% said yes.

And one last interesting side note from the study: 100% of people surveyed in Brazil believe they'll own a mobile phone in the future. That's higher than anywhere else.

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