In the iPhone market tug-of-war between AT&T and Verizon, it appears that Verizon is gaining ground. It wasn’t long ago when Verizon users could only admire the iPhone from the sidelines while AT&T controlled the market. Despite the iPhone’s attractiveness, most Verizon users held tough, unwilling to switch providers just for one device.
Category: Mobile
Trends Uncovered in Hourly Mobile Internet Browsing
With the emergence of mobile devices with online capability, the amount of people browsing the internet on their phone has steadily grown as a portion of the overall market. As mobile devices continue to cement their presence in our everyday lives, there is a growing trend amongst consumers to carry out many of their essential actions both online and on the go.
Mobile Browser Market Breakdown: Apple’s Safari is in the Lead
With the large amount of news circulating around mobile recently, Chitika Insights thought it would be interesting to take a look at the composition of its mobile traffic by browser to determine the most popular user agent. Although most mobile devices come with a built-in browser, most users have the option of downloading a variety of external browsers from the respective app stores.
Mobile O/S Market Share has a New King
Over the past several months, there have been a variety of reports concerning which mobile operating system takes the position of market leader. For the first time, over the first week of July, the Chitika Ad Network reports that Google’s Android platform has beaten out the remaining mobile operating systems in taking the top spot by capturing more than 36% of mobile market share.
Android Fragmentation Update: Gingerbread Finally Taking Off
Four months since our last check, Chitika Insights takes a look at Android OS fragmentation, and the changes in version market share. Thanks to a major change on a major device, one particular version sees a dramatic jump.
iPhone Traffic is more Search Oriented than Android Traffic
The rise of mobile traffic in the world of web is hitting the point of perpetuity. Due to this, Chitika Insights decided to take a look at two of our favorite sectors, search and mobile, to better analyze the type of traffic that comes from various devices.
iPad Will Pass 2% of All Internet Usage in 2011: July Update
A little more than a year after its launch and the Apple iPad has already positioned itself as a leader in the tablet market, due largely in part to its vast array of apps which today topped 100,000. Six months ago, Chitika predicted in this article that the iPad would generate 2.3% of all internet traffic by December, 2011.
The iPad: Still Miles Ahead of the Field
Months after the release of major Android tablets like the Xoom, and BlackBerry’s first venture into the market with the PlayBook, Chitika Insights took a look at how the primary “non-iPad” tablets are stacking up against the king of tablets.
Windows Phone “Mango” Officially Announced
Windows Phone 7 Mango is coming, previewed by Microsoft today. Where can Microsoft go to grab market share? Windows Phone still sends less than 1% of mobile Internet traffic, but it’s progressing.
T-Mobile iPhone Popping Up In Atlanta?
Is a T-Mobile iPhone in the works? We break down the cities that generate the most iPhone traffic on a T-Mobile network in the US.