Some interesting results from the report on mobile usage in February:
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iPhone OS increased its share of smartphone requests from 33 percent in February 2009 to 49.5% percent in February 2010.
- Symbian's share of smartphone requests fell from 43 percent in February 2009 to 18 percent in February 2010.
- Android increased its share from two percent in February 2009 to 24 percent in February 2010.
No surprise here.
- The top five Android devices worldwide, by traffic, were the Motorola Droid, HTC Dream, HTC Hero, HTC Magic, and the Motorola CLIQ. The Google Nexus One only generated one percent of total Android traffic in February 2010.
Yup, the Nexus One is a flop. And two months after birth, it’s already been bested in everyway by the HTC Evo 4G.
The full report is available here.
(1)Share change calculated as percent of February 2010 requests less percent of January 2010 requests.
Data is usage worldwide
Good news for Google, bad news for Apple. It illustrates both the power and limitation of first mover advantage. Apple got there first, so they are the standard to be measured against, but also lighting the way for others to follow, some of whom may ultimately overtake them. Interesting how everyone is talking about Facebook, not myspace.