Mobile gadgets and phones seem to have gone beyond the world of communication and messaging. At least that is what this latest report from comScore is trying to tell us.

comScore reports that the number of mobile game downloaders grew 17 percent from November 2007 to November 2008 when 8.5 million people, or 3.8 percent of mobile subscribers, downloaded a game to their mobile device.

“The rapid growth in smartphone adoption in the United States has provided a boost for mobile gaming, as 34 percent of those downloading a game in November did so using a smartphone,” said Mark Donovan, senior analyst, comScore.

“Last year, not one smartphone appeared in the top 10 devices used for mobile downloads. This year, six out of 10 are smartphones, excluding devices with smartphone-like functionality, such as the Instinct and Voyager, which also make appearances.”

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