But Open is Better!
September 28th, 2012 - 1:20 pm
Astounding iPad numbers:
A study released on Thursday claims the iPad accounts for nearly of all web traffic originating from tablets, and 54.5 percent of all traffic from mobile devices, to sites running the touch-centric Onswipe platform.
In its first-ever study, Onswipe, a digital publishing tool developer that helps websites create “touch friendly” web experiences without building a standalone app, found that Apple’s tablet represented 98.1 percent of 29.5 million unique impressions over 1200 sites from Sept. 13 to Sept. 20.
Let me ask you — what the hell do Android owners do with their tablets?
*shrug* To hear tell it, they read books and get mal-ware from the Google app store.
You mean my Samsung Galaxy S3 and Google Nexus 7?
I use them.
They use them to bash Apple products on blogs. Duh.
At home, I do all of my blog reading and most of my general web surfing on my Nexus 7. When I originally got it, I thought it would just be a fun gadget to play with. Since then, it has almost entirely supplanted my desktop for everything except document editing and PC gaming. I was shocked to discover how little I sit down at my computer desk anymore. If I were a console guy, it would be even less.
When you start seeing results like Saddam’s reelection returns you need to question the methodology.
I’ve had OnSwipe crash the browser on my first-gen iPad so often that when I see it I tell my browser to ID as a desktop. Assuming that option is available for Android browsers that could explain the numbers.
I have three words for you: Angry. Birds.
My Kindle Fire doesn’t qualify as a true Android tablet, even when I had it rooted. But what I’m most inclined to do with it, when I use it, is look at the prices on the next-to-latest generation of iPad.
I often resist the temptation, but still…
Stephen, that’s not a random sampling of web traffic.
The point I was going to make…
I’m not as certain as Robin is, but I’ve seen some screwy results from this kind of research before. If nothing else, the sites selected may naturally skew towards Apple preferrers.
It would be easier to tell if they released their methodology.
One thought just occurred to me; does the Android tablet browser ID itself as a mobile device? Do the major manufacturers use some sort of custom browswer, or use Firefox/Opera? If not, how many people install Firefox? I know it’s possible to do so on my Android phone, I’ve just been too lazy to do so yet.
Or would the unit still ID itself as “Firefox on mobile device?”
1. Who told you that a system providing mostly proprietary, not-compatible-with-anything-else-in-the-world APIs is open? Google? Then Windows in all its guises was open from day 1.
2. I still haven’t figured out any constructive uses for my latest and greatest iPad beyond reading PDFs and Web news (note I’m not saying using the Web in general — filling in any sort of forms is a pain!) away from the desktop. I’ve been using computers since, oh…. very early eighties. You’re welcome to your enthusiasm. I require a keyboard.