Young Asians, Filipinos included, have become more attached to technology, in particular mobile phones and the Internet, results of a survey conducted by global research agency Synovate said.
The Young Asians 2010 survey shows after television (30 percent), one in four (26 percent) Filipino youth said they can?t live without their mobiles, more so than they indicate the same for the Internet (18 percent).
Filipino youth is top three across Asia in having the most number of contacts on their mobiles, with 102 contacts, after Indonesia (131 contacts) and Singapore (108 contacts).
Second to in-person contact (75 percent), mobile is Filipino youth?s most important device in keeping them connected to those closest around them. For example, half of Filipino youth (49 percent) use mobile SMS to stay in touch with their parents, the top group in Asia.
On personal and household ownership of products, the survey shows Filipino youth is the top group across Asia in owning a DVD player in their households ? 73 percent of youth have this, above the regional average of 59 percent.
One in four Filipino youngster (24 percent), second highest group in Asia, own a digital video camera in the household.
Top items Filipino youth own personally are mobile phones (67 percent of youth have this), desktop computers (19 percent), and MP3 players/ iPod (17 percent).
For online social activities in the past seven days among Internet users, Filipino youth is the top group in Asia engaged in social networking. Eighty percent of youth is on it, above the regional average of 51 percent.
One in three (33 percent) Filipino youngster blogs. Filipino youths are also the top group in tagging web pages and online photos, 23 percent of Filipino youth has done this in the past seven days.
Twenty-eight percent of Filipino youth participate in forums or discussion groups.
For overall Internet activities in past seven days among Internet users, online gaming is the top Internet activity by Filipino youth (60 percent). The Philippines is also the top market in Asia engaged with online gaming.
Over half (53 percent) of Filipino youngsters watch videos produced by others online, the highest percentage compared to other youth in Asia. One in three (33 percent) Filipino youth have uploaded photos to online album, the top group in Asia doing this in the past seven days.
Sending SMS and MMS online seems to be most popular in the Philippines, one in four (26 percent) Filipino youth does this, above the regional average of 14 percent.
For favorite sports stars across Asia, Filipino youth?s favorite sports star is the well-known boxer and politician, Manny Pacquiao.
