According to Net Application’s Market Share analysis

Jan 4, 2010 10:46 GMT  ·  By
Android and Windows Mobile registered impressive growth in web use in December 2009
   Android and Windows Mobile registered impressive growth in web use in December 2009

The use of Internet from mobile devices is on the rise, this is something that most of you know already. The emergence of more and more powerful smartphones on the market has led to an increase in mobile web traffic, and Net Application’s Market Share analysis has showed not only that, but also the fact that the mobile operating systems that registered the highest growth in Internet usage during December 2009 are Android and Windows Mobile.

According to the report, Google's Android operating system has registered a 66 percent growth in web use in December, increasing its market share from 0.03 percent in November to 0.05 during the last month of the year. At the same time, Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform has also seen an impressive 50 percent growth in web usage, increasing its market share from 0.04 percent in November to 0.06 percent during the following month. Additional details are available here.

Apple's iPod Touch has registered a 29 percent growth in the time frame, going from 0.07 percent share in November to 0.09 percent in December, while the iPhone, which currently leads in the mobile OS web usage, has registered only a 22 percent increase in market share, growing from 0.36 percent in November to 0.44 percent in December. The Symbian OS, which accounts for the second largest web use share on the market, registered a 21 percent increase in December, while the BlackBerry and Palm's platform remained at the same levels as in November, with 0.03 and 0.01 percent market share, respectively.

Android has been on the rise during the entire year 2009, and its impressive performance in December was somehow expected, especially since forecasts also pointed towards Android's growth during this year, yet Windows Mobile's growth in web use comes in as a little surprise. Some voices already heralded the end of the platform, but it seems that it managed to appeal more to users lately, most probably due to the release of Windows Mobile 6.5, as WMPoweruser notes, as well as courtesy of the introduction of new high-end devices that run under the platform, such as the HTC HD2 or the LG eXpo.