Round here, we’re a big fans of Booms! They’re often found in Steve Jobs’ keynote presentations, heralding new things that you never knew you needed before, but have to get right now.

This week’s Carnival at mobilejones also focusses on the Boom! - this time in mobile data and the always-on lifestyle. As well as once again featuring yours truly*, it’s a good read, and there are a couple of complementary posts about mobile data usage.

(1) Chetan Sharma looks at the numbers, showing mobile data is taking off in the US

http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2008/04/11/mobile-data-the-state-of-the-union/

(2) C. Enrique Ortiz looks at the confluence of factors as to why this is happening

http://weblog.cenriqueortiz.com/mobility/2008/04/07/reasons-why-the-mobilewireless-usage-boom-is-underway/

Basically, the networks are getting there and the handsets are getting there. As awareness of the possibilities of the connected lifestyle rises, so does (data) usage.

*It’s getting a bit self-referential round here, so I’ll step up the frequency of posts.