'We like playing mobile games' find shock reports

A slew of articles are currently permeating the net about our mobile phone habits, suggesting we much prefer to play games than run business applications. Pick yourself up off the floor, and read on.

Several surveys have canvassed business phone users recently and uncovered a shocking truth that more smartphone users are putting their advanced telephones to gaming application rather than using them for work. Of course, in the case of Pocket Gamer writers the lines are kinda blurry, but I'm not sure we took part in any of the surveys.

Smartphones, according to an NPD Group (via Edge-Online), are still being primarily used as communications tools, though J.D. Power and Associates notes that 49 per cent of downloaded smartphone apps are games. All the reports have noticed a bias in their findings, however, due to the proliferation of the iPhone.

If the Apple handset's hat is thrown into the smartphone ring (which is perfectly reasonable) then the availability of quality games over quality business applications is bound to push any figures aggressively toward gaming as a primary use – especially since the iPhone pretty much sucks as a PDA or office tool, and eBay surfing during working hours probably doesn't count toward the commercial use of smartphones.

So what have we ultimately learned from the various reports?

1) We like playing games, and;
2) Loads of people have bought iPhones (and played games on them)

Here at Pocket Gamer we're thrilled to have some official figures stating a fact that we've relied on to keep us in champagne and caviar for quite a few years now.

But what about you, dear pocket gamer? Have you fathomed any use for a mobile phone that goes beyond gaming? If so, we want to know. Comment us up right nice.