Android is still lagging behind the iPhone in marketshare, with only 9% market penetration in the US (iPhone is around 25%). But according to new numbers from online ad giant AdMob, Android actually passed the iPhone in mobile web use this month.
This is all US-only–internationally, the iPhone is much better established than Android. But here in the States, Android accounted for 46% of online mobile traffic, compared with Apple’s 39%. The other players, by the way, don’t even enter the picture. RIM’s BlackBerry phones are in third place, with 7%, and Palm’s struggling WebOS only eked out 3% despite a recent Verizon launch.More
