Other analysts have previously credited Apple products with high US usage using various methodologies but not this dominant. Net Applications measure web use by device and browser globally for around 160 million users a month. They have become a de-facto industry measure of browser and OS share in web browsing and are undoubtedly hoping to repeat that in mobile.
The other good news for developers is that Android users seem to also be very high internet users given the installed base of the platform.
Although the iPhone has a commanding lead in mobile browsing share, Android and BlackBerry are rapidly gaining market share. This does not mean that iPhone web browsing is shrinking, because the overall market is growing rapidly. Android has garnered over 6% of mobile web browsing since its release in October.
Mobile Browsing by Platform Market Share
February, 2009
Mobile Browsing by Platform
Total Market Share
iPhone
66.44%
Java ME
9.11%
Windows Mobile
6.90%
Android
6.26%
Symbian
6.17%
Palm
2.37%
BlackBerry
2.24%
BREW
0.51%
Report generated Tuesday, March 03, 2009 3:57:39 AM
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Couldn't agree more. Even applications that are used briefly aren't a bad business - they haven't stopped making movies just because people only watch them for two hours and then move on to other things.
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