Slash LaneThe mobile version of Safari packaged as standard on each iPhone has already scaled the charts to emerge as the No. 2 mobile web browser in the UK and the No. 1 mobile web browser in the US, according to a new report.
Still, that's reported to be more than three times the mobile browser market share of rival Research in Motion, whose Blackberry garnered just a 0.02 percent share in the UK, and SonyEricsson which registered a 0.01 percent share.
Combined, the iPhone and iPod touch accounted for just shy of 0.10 percent of of the UK browser market, the firm noted.
Meanwhile, the two touch-screen handhelds helped Apple increase its share of the US mobile browser market by 64 percent since December, with the mobile version of Safari seeing its share rise from 0.14 percent to 0.23 percent during that time.
“The key message is that iPhone is more than living up to its claims of being a user friendly Internet browser, unlike many other cell phones,†said StatCounter founder Aodhan Cullen, who added that iPhone-based web browsing peaked in the US on Christmas Day at 0.7 percent (Note: may be inaccurate, was reported as "0.07 percent").
“Presumably this was due to people trying out their new Christmas present combined perhaps with not accessing their PCs that day," he said.
Excluding the iPod touch, the iPhone's share of the US browser market came in at 0.18 percent, handily dwarfing Nokia's approximate 0.01 percent share. However, StatCounter noted that Nokia still maintains a significant lead over Apple in the global market with 0.25 percent compared to the iPhone maker's 0.08 percent share.
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I would like to see "Tabs" as a part of the Mobile Safari. I'm not quite sure that i like having to go to a separate screen to see all the open webpages I have, and then having to choose the one i want. I think tabs would be an excellent addition and would save time.
[QUOTE=AppleInsider;1231045] Ireland-based StatCounter, ..., says the Apple handset took 0.06 percent of the overall browser market in the UK thus far in March, behind Nokia's 0.15 percent.
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Combined, the iPhone and iPod touch accounted for just shy of 1 percent of of the UK browser market, the firm noted.
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Are they saying that the iPod Touch accounts for .94 percent of the browser market?
Hard to believe, to say the least.
[QUOTE=mh71;1231057][QUOTE=AppleInsider;1231045] Ireland-based StatCounter, ..., says the Apple handset took 0.06 percent of the overall browser market in the UK thus far in March, behind Nokia's 0.15 percent.
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Combined, the iPhone and iPod touch accounted for just shy of 1 percent of of the UK browser market, the firm noted.
Are they saying that the iPod Touch accounts for .94 percent of the browser market?
Hard to believe, to say the least.
No. I believe it was meant to say 0.10%. In general, this firm put out a pretty sloppy pair of stat releases. It seems they misplaced their decimal points in multiple instances. Kind of frustrating given they are overseas and closed right now.
best,
K
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Ireland-based StatCounter, ..., says the Apple handset took 0.06 percent of the overall browser market in the UK thus far in March, behind Nokia's 0.15 percent.
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Combined, the iPhone and iPod touch accounted for just shy of 1 percent of of the UK browser market, the firm noted.
No. I believe it was meant to say 0.10%. In general, this firm put out a pretty sloppy pair of stat releases. It seems they misplaced their decimal points in multiple instances. Kind of frustrating given they are overseas and closed right now.
best,
K
Agreed with the n00b decimal point errors, but at least they started separating out Touch vs. iPhone numbers, which are interesting. I'm not aware that too many of these shops even understand the iPod Touch exists.
I would like to see "Tabs" as a part of the Mobile Safari. I'm not quite sure that i like having to go to a separate screen to see all the open webpages I have, and then having to choose the one i want. I think tabs would be an excellent addition and would save time.
That will be touch with the current iteration as even the address bar goes away when you are not at teh very top of the page. I think the current option for multiple pages is excellent.
If you want a web browser that has permanent tabs at the top (though room would only limit it 3 or 4) you can make your own with the SDK.
PS: What is with all the sloppy quoting going on?