Comments on: Android Drives 5% Of Smartphone Web Traffic

By: Billions

Billions — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:33:10 +0000

Jake: Are you using Android for the trendiness of it? Question stings a little, right? The numbers aren’t discussing what’s ‘trendy’ or not – they are simply showing the facts of usage. Whether you ike the Sidekick or not, it’s accessing the internet – yes, the same internet you seem to coddle as your own, the one you use in all of your ‘untrendy’ adventures – and THAT is why it’s included in these charts. Use your phone and be happy – don’t bother accusing people using the web of being ‘trendy’. Don’t be mad because the iPhone functions well and a lot of people use it. What’s the point of all of this other than that? It’s so tiresome to see people just flat out blindly judge other gadget enthusiasts of being suddenly stupid or trendy because they use a different brand than you. Wake up and smell the facts, Jack: If you’re using Android, you’re the one arriving late to the ‘trendy’ internet party. I’m glad you made it, despite your snobbery.

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:09:01 +0000

@ Sherbo
Most likely 70% of those iPhone browsers [the people] not looking at it in terms of OS, functionality, or usefulness they are in all probability only in it for the trendiness of Apple products. A good example of that is the Sidekick line of phones; they are utterly useless in the market of a ‘Smart phone’ (which leads to the question of why is it even on these charts?) Perhaps this is a chart of trendiness, rather than the internet usage of smart phones.

By: Jonno.N

Jonno.N — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:46:46 +0000

I can’t believe that many people still use the Sidekick II, though I guess it’s possible enough of them just never made the switch the the SK3 or the other ones they released thereafter.

By: Sherbo

Sherbo — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:41:21 +0000

Interesting numbers.
It’s funny how people are saying that the platform is no longer ‘Windows’ but the browser but everyone seems to care so much about the OS on smart phones while collecting market share data on these smart phones using a browser rather than sales data.

Will the OS really matter for smart phones?

What compelling app is there on an iphone? Hundreds of thousands of apps sure, but any that would make me buy an iphone over an Android based handset or any of the others?

The devices out there might be more important.

By: webby

webby — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:27:43 +0000

Fascinating stats — thanks for posting the article.