Weekly Poll: Have Mobile Devices Changed Your Browsing Habits?

Remember when you used to have to wait for your computer to boot to check your email? Today, odds are you see the messages that came in during the night as soon as you turn off the alarm on your phone in the morning. If you want to look up something quickly during the day, most of us are as likely to pull out a phone or tap something on a tablet as we are to open a new tab and search from a desktop or notebook.

Mobile devices have changed the face of computing, letting us use our favorite online services anytime, anywhere, without having to deal with clunky computers, mice, and keyboards. But then, sometimes it seems we’re not trading one for the other, but instead are browsing more from computers and smartphones and tablets, and the net result is we’re just online more than ever.

Have mobile devices changed your browsing habits? Do you find yourself less worried about using a browser on your desktop or laptop today, or are you still reliant on traditional browsers and computers for your interent needs?