Mobile Browsing Up With Android Leading The Pack
According to Market Share by Net Applications, this past holiday season saw a huge increase in mobile web usage. Which OS saw the biggest increase? That’s right, Android. Before I go much further, here’s the official numbers:
“Mobile O/SPercentage Gain (November – December)
Android +54.8%
Blackberry +22.2%
iPhone +20.1%
Symbian +19.0%
Java ME +15.6%”
As you can see Android not only took the top spot but did so by a huge margin. These numbers are definitely not sheer luck. They match up perfectly with the release of the Droid, it’s great advertising campaign, and the marking of Android handsets being available in three of the four major US carrier’s lineups. Android mobile browsing usage has been steadily going up since it’s release but hasn’t seen a jump this big yet, let’s hope it keeps going.
Via AndroidGuys
The Droid is the first “phone” I've seen where surfing the web is not painful. It's fast, the screen is very good, etc… What annoys me though is that many websites recognize that it's a phone and automatically throw me to their “mobile” site. Which is generally not full-featured and often times doesn't offer the same functionality of their full site, which the Droid can handle. Grrrrr
I'm a big fan of Android, but I have to say, this post makes no sense.
First: the graph has no Y scale. So it has no meaning whatsoever. I realize this chart is from the Market Share site, but there's no sense in republishing it.
Second: Android is up 54.8%. Woohoo! But this is also meaningless. 58% more than what? If Android had 1 user and went up to 3 users, it would be up 200%!!!!! But it would still only have 3 users.
The table below the original chart helps give some numbers: in December, Android had 0.05% of the browser share (including all desktop browsers). By comparison, iPhone had 0.44% of the browser market, about 9x as much as Android.
I'm a big fan of Android, but I have to say, this post makes no sense.
First: the graph has no Y scale. So it has no meaning whatsoever. I realize this chart is from the Market Share site, but there's no sense in republishing it.
Second: Android is up 54.8%. Woohoo! But this is also meaningless. 58% more than what? If Android had 1 user and went up to 3 users, it would be up 200%!!!!! But it would still only have 3 users.
The table below the original chart helps give some numbers: in December, Android had 0.05% of the browser share (including all desktop browsers). By comparison, iPhone had 0.44% of the browser market, about 9x as much as Android.
The Droid is the first “phone” I've seen where surfing the web is not painful. It's fast, the screen is very good, etc… What annoys me though is that many websites recognize that it's a phone and automatically throw me to their “mobile” site. Which is generally not full-featured and often times doesn't offer the same functionality of their full site, which the Droid can handle. Grrrrr
I'm a big fan of Android, but I have to say, this post makes no sense.
First: the graph has no Y scale. So it has no meaning whatsoever. I realize this chart is from the Market Share site, but there's no sense in republishing it.
Second: Android is up 54.8%. Woohoo! But this is also meaningless. 58% more than what? If Android had 1 user and went up to 3 users, it would be up 200%!!!!! But it would still only have 3 users.
The table below the original chart helps give some numbers: in December, Android had 0.05% of the browser share (including all desktop browsers). By comparison, iPhone had 0.44% of the browser market, about 9x as much as Android.