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The use of mobile devices worldwide is growing exponentially and part of this phenomenon is due to the emergence of smart devices or smartphones. Internet browsing is the most useful service offered by this type of devices, related with mobile applications too. The usability of Internet could not be relegated to personal computers and mobile phone companies could not let the opportunity go to offer this service to their customers. The ubiquity of mobile devices added to the popularity of Internet has made this service one of the most widely used today, placing the main uses of mobile phones, calls and sending messages, aside and stealing the exclusive explotation of the service to personal computers.

Average time spent on various mobile functions

Source: AppsFire, 1/11

The most acclaimed mobile operating systems, iOS and Android

There are many mobile operating systems that enable Internet browsing and everyone of them is integrated into a different device. It is striking that the most popular operating system, Google Android, does not match up with the most requested terminal, iPhone, due to the fact that Apple is the only company manufacturing smartphones with the iOS operating system.

Source: Nielsen

Android, the most used OS: 39% usage

Currently the most widely used operating system for mobile platforms and maybe the system who has the biggest amount of applications on the market (up to now more than 250 000).

Android OS manufacturer market share

Source: Nielsen

Apple iPhone OS: 28% usage

Despite the exclusive rights exploitation by Apple is a widespread and well accepted operating system , due to the wide variety of devices that support it (iPad, iPhone, iPod touch).

Apple iPhone OS manufacturer market share

Source: Nielsen

RIM Blackberry: 20% usage

We can not be influenced by the recent loss of servers connections to ensure that it is not a good system. Undoubtedly this type of centralizated system has to improve some features but it remains one of the most commonly used today.

RIM Blackberry OS manufacturer market share

Source: Nielsen

Windows Mobile OS: 9% usage

Like its name, this system has evolved in recent years to reach its latest version, Windows Phone OS 7.5. He has established as one of the systems on the market with more potential.

Windows Mobile/ WP7 manufacturer market share

Source: Nielsen

Palm / HP WebOS: 2% usage

HP trusts on the development of webOS and plans to evolve the company, update and give more support to this mobile techonology in order to place itself in the first mobile market positions.

Palm/ HP OS manufacturer market share

Source: Nielsen

Symbian: 2% usage

This operating system is called for renewal in order to show it is a technically sophisticated and mature core OS and not an user interface that is widely perceived as lagging behind.

Symbian OS manufacturer market share

Source: Nielsen

Mobile websites adaptation

Nevertheless, apart from the device and the operating system chosen, mobile Internet needs some requirements in order to support the modern web. Java, Flash and other third-party solutions should be interpreted on mobile Internet browser as they work on Pc’s ones. A new technological need has just been found: the adaptation of normal websites to mobile websites will be oriented to mobile markets in the future, in other words, flexible websites. As the popularity of mobile devices increases, development for the platform will increase, and it will become important for companies to provide mobile support to their customers.

It is not difficult to notice these solutions will need to be perfected on the mobile operating systems before all these devices will really use the full force of Internet.

The best mobile phones to browse the Internet

20 Comments

  1. Susan 23/11/2011 at 11:31:52 Responder

    What is the truth about who says Windows Mobile will exceed iPhones in 2014?

  2. Jody 23/11/2011 at 11:52:21 Responder

    While everybody use Windows in their Pcs, Windows Mobile still increasing, but I don’t believe that this SO exceeds iOS.

  3. Michael 23/11/2011 at 11:54:42 Responder

    I prefer iPhone mobiles, I love my new 4S!

  4. Mary C. 23/11/2011 at 11:57:34 Responder

    What do you think of the new uses of mobile? will we return someday to use it only to call? Or calls will disappear as a form of communication. I think we could do a sociological study from these trends. don’t you?

  5. Lorena 23/11/2011 at 12:00:03 Responder

    Now the ancient is themodern. And again 2G phones are used at the expense of smartphones. It’s crazy, a technological regression!

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