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One of the major selling points of a SmartPhone is browsing the web so yes -- it does seem kind of surprising.
I would say the major selling points of smart phones is not browsing the web, but the use of "apps". Browsing is still mostly a pain on such small screens, not many pages are optimized for mobile.
iPad is built for web browsing. It will get between 1%-2% market share in the next 12 months. It's possible that in the next 2-3 years, it could get as high as 5%. Android tablets should do well too.
There is always a bigger picture, and usage statistics can be skewed any which way depending on how you look at it. Regardless, "the statistics" presented does not surprise me one bit.
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I would say the major selling points of smart phones is not browsing the web, but the use of "apps". Browsing is still mostly a pain on such small screens, not many pages are optimized for mobile.
Indeed, the selling point is access to the internet. More for targeted use than for extended browsing. While such browsing can be done on phones, eventually one gets a sort of "what would be better done on the bigger screen" intuition. Which is when syncing content back and forth between machines starts to shine (and comes to feel indispensable), as it lets you start internet tasks in either place without needing to…
What do you mean by that? Firefox Sync/Chrome Sync? I only browse at work because I can but not because I'd prefer to, personally.
Has anyone factored in demographics? Anyone question whether the people who buy an iPad are more likely to leisurely browse the web more so than a person who buys an Android device? Personally, I bought an android phone to hack on it, not to browse the web. There is always a bigger picture, and usage statistics can be skewed any which way depending on how you look at it. Regardless, "the statistics" presented does no…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Indeed, the selling point is access to the internet. More for targeted use than for extended browsing. While such browsing can be done on phones, eventually one gets a sort of "what would be better done on the bigger screen" intuition. Which is when syncing content back and forth between machines starts to shine (and comes to feel indispensable), as it lets you start internet tasks in either place without needing to…
>syncing content back and forth between machines starts to shine What do you mean by that? Firefox Sync/Chrome Sync? I only browse at work because I can but not because I'd prefer to, personally.