{"id":5394,"date":"2011-11-01T15:33:23","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T20:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcitement.com\/?p=5394"},"modified":"2011-12-22T15:58:36","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T21:58:36","slug":"why-doe-ios-remain-the-leading-os-in-mobile-web-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/hardware\/tablet\/why-doe-ios-remain-the-leading-os-in-mobile-web-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Does iOS Remain The Leading OS In Mobile Web Traffic?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netmarketshare.com\/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=9&amp;qpcustomb=1&amp;qptimeframe=M&amp;qpsp=130&amp;qpnp=25\">NetMarketShare<\/a>, an internet statistics firm, announces each month the breakdown of mobile web traffic between OSes. October\u2019s results are definitely different from what a seasoned Android fanboy would expect. Given Android\u2019s stratospheric rise in the past two years, I\u2019d expect the percentage to be a bit higher than the 18.9 percent it\u2019s currently sitting it. Apple\u2019s wunderkind, however, has propelled itself to a market-dominating 61.64 percent of mobile web traffic. Just what exactly is causing this significant discrepancy even at this late stage of the mobile OS game?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techcitement.comadmin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/netmarketshare.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5395\" src=\"https:\/\/techcitement.comadmin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/netmarketshare.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Frankly, it\u2019s quite simple if we take a closer look at just what makes up the different OSes. iOS has millions of iPads, iPod Touches, and iPhones to make up its statistics. With the advent of the iPad, web traffic on iOS increased in a rapid fashion, ballooning over 25 percent in almost two years. Total iOS devices, especially with all of them constantly sucking down obscene amounts of data with their multitude of apps, obviously consume the largest amount of mobile data. Not to mention, obviously October\u2019s statistics are skewed with the million of new iPhone 4Ses that have flooded the market. Early purchasers downloading every app in existence and exploring the web in their shiny new toys contribute in a significant way to these statistics.<\/p>\n<p>Android smartphones, still on a steady increase in web traffic, don\u2019t have anything to worry about. Google needs to get its act together and push tablets to increase its mobile web traffic. Browsing on a smartphone on the go can be a blast, but the tablet experience lends itself better to surfing the interwebs and therefore, increased traffic.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that Blackberry is sitting at 2.48 percent and Windows Phone 7 didn\u2019t even make the list (residing in the 0.67 percent classified as other) is a testament to how much RIM and Microsoft need to step up their game. When Apple is so blatantly in the lead, something drastic needs to be done to balance the scales. NetMarketShare\u2019s statistics will be interesting to see a year from now, after Nokia\u2019s presence is felt in the U.S. and RIM finally releases phones with BBX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NetMarketShare, an internet statistics firm, announces each month the breakdown of mobile web traffic between OSes. October\u2019s results are definitely different from what a seasoned Android fanboy would expect. Given Android\u2019s stratospheric rise in the past two years, I\u2019d expect the percentage to be a bit higher than the 18.9 percent it\u2019s currently sitting it. 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