According to the NYT, traffic to Google from iPhones surged during Christmas, and has even surpassed traffic from any other type of mobile device. People love the web experience provided by the iPhone so much that they surf more than traditional mobile phone’s owners, for whom it’s still not that easy to go online.
“The data is striking because the iPhone, an Apple product, accounts for just 2 percent of smartphones worldwide, according to IDC, a market research firm. Phones powered by Symbian make up 63 percent of the worldwide smartphone market, while those powered by Microsoft’s Windows Mobile have 11 percent and those running the BlackBerry system have 10 percent.”
Other handset manufacturers should replicate this kind of experience to increase the number of people using the web on the go, and to help the mobile web truly take off.
Let the copy cating begin!
This will be a fun tech to watch grow, and then several years from now we’ll all laugh about how did we live without it? Last week I had a conversation with my tech geek girlfriend who didn’t quite get the fact that everything we have now is based of Star Trek. Tho not a trekkie myself, most of that statement is true. Who’s waiting for digital phasers instead of pepper spray?
Thanks.
Tommy