A study in the US has shown that more than half of all tablet computer owners use their devices to consume news - but most of them don't want to pay for it.
The study was carried out by Pew Research Centre's Project for Excellence in Journalism and The Economist Group.
Cnet reports that of all tablet users, 77% use their devices every day.
Among the activities enjoyed by tablet owners, reading the daily news ranked at the top among 53 percent of those polled. In comparison, browsing the Web was the top activity among 67 percent, using e-mail led among 54 percent, and tapping into social networking sites was favored by 39 percent.Looking more closely at the online news junkies, around 33 percent of them said they spend more time getting news then they did before they bought their tablets. The same percentage said they're finding new sources for news on their tablets, ones they never accessed on their TVs or even PCs. And 42 percent of them said they regularly read in-depth news articles and analyses via their tablets.
Even though around two-thirds of tablet news users have a dedicated news app on their device, 40 percent said they still grab the news through their Web browsers. Another 31 percent use both apps and the browser, while only 21 percent use apps as their main source.
Though catching the news is clearly popular, most of those polled still won't pay for the privilege.(Via: cnet)
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