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In just three months on the market, Apple's iPad has come to represent 0.17 percent of all Web browser traffic tracked by Net Applications. The iPad's June total managed to exceed Android, which represented 0.14 percent of all Web browsing traffic.
Behind both of them was another iOS-powered device from Apple, the iPod touch. In June, the iPod touch took 0.12 percent of the Web browser share, according to Net Applications.
The iPad has seen a steady climb since it was released in April, notching 0.03 percent in the first month, when it was only available in the U.S. In May, the numbers tripled to 0.09 percent, only to nearly double again in June to the 0.17 percent figure that pushed it past Android.
The numbers, however, do not mean that there are more iPads on the market than Android devices. But the stats do indicate that a far higher percentage of iPad owners use their new device to browse the Web — so many, in fact, that it has now surpassed Android in that department.
Released in early April in the U.S., the iPad immediately made a splash in the statistics tracked by Net Applications. In less than two weeks in the market, it had already tied Android and BlackBerry in Web browsing presence, but only for a few days. This week's totals show that the iPad has grown to a level where its browser was consistently larger than Android's through the month of June.
Last month, Apple's most high-profile iOS device, the iPhone, was revealed by Net Applications to carry a 33 percent share of all mobile browsers. That compared to 14 percent for Nokia's Symbian, 6 percent for Google Android, 4 percent for Research in Motion's BlackBerry, and 3 percent for Microsoft's Windows Mobile.
Amber Neely
Andrew Orr
William Gallagher
Christine McKee
AppleInsider Staff
Chip Loder
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So let me get this straight, the iPad wasn't released until April yet the browsing usage began surging in March? Something is off.
So let me get this straight, the iPad wasn't released until April yet the browsing usage began surging in March? Something is off.
Some developers had access to the device before everyone plus the internal testing by Apple. OS X 10.7 is showing up on some sites and its not even out yet.
Just iPad, no iPhone! ... Holy Moly
It's pretty surprising that Android is more similar to blackberry or Symbian in terms of how people are using the devices. You would think that web browsing would be one of the top uses for an Android device. It seems that consumers aren't treating Android phones the same way that they treat iPhones. We also know that people don't use apps on the Android phones to the same extent that they do on iPhones. So i guess the question is -- what are people doing with these Android phones if they aren't browsing the web or using apps? Do they just use it for e-mail, contacts, and making phone calls?
It's pretty surprising that Android is more similar to blackberry or Symbian in terms of how people are using the devices. You would think that web browsing would be one of the top uses for an Android device. It seems that consumers aren't treating Android phones the same way that they treat iPhones. We also know that people don't use apps on the Android phones to the same extent that they do on iPhones. So i guess the question is -- what are people doing with these Android phones if they aren't browsing the web or using apps? Do they just use it for e-mail, contacts, and making phone calls?
All good points and I thought much the same when I read this ... this is just iPad! Add iPhone users as well and iOS must be so far out in front as to be amazing. Is it the type of person who buys Apple products is more adventurous or is it the simplicity of the UI, I wonder?