Yeah, that document is a completely invalid way of looking at market share. Their pie chart on page 2 is proof -- apple has *nowhere near* 50% market share in the US, and symbian is currently #1. Not to mention also that crackberry is also above apple.
What that document is, is a report on their ADVERTISING. The fact that more or less developers are interested in hosting their ads in their applications has very little to do with the market share of a particular OS -- if it did, then symbian would be taking up the biggest chunk of the pie. And RIM, but rim is mostly involved in corporate networks rather than being a consumer device, so there is a big control against all those supported-by-ads crap programs. On Apr 24, 6:21 am, "Al Sutton" <[email protected]> wrote: > Lol, Freudian slip perhaps :). > > At the moment the Admob metrics seem about the only source of like for like > comparable information we have, and given what people have been kind enough > to post about thei sales splits between countries, it does look like non-US > sales aren't that strong when compared to other devices. > > Al. > --- > > * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://andappstore.com/* > > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Incognito > Sent: 24 April 2009 09:26 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [android-discuss] Re: G1 in the UK > > I meant to start ignoring. > > On Apr 24, 2009, at 4:24 AM, Incognito <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've decided to stop ignoring these metrics for now. They are only > distracting. My strategy is to bet on both for now and focus on polishing > applications. If android fails it won't be a great loss. At least I will > still have a version of my app in java. > > On Apr 24, 2009, at 3:02 AM, "Al Sutton" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Looking at the AdMob stats for March > (http://metrics.admob.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/admob-mobile-metr... > rch-09.pdf) in the UK HTC devices don't make it into >=1% category despite > being available for nearly as long as it has been in the US. > > What do people make of this?, Does it mean Android isn't being taken up > outside the US as much as it is inside the US?, is it down to T-Mobiles > offerings? > > Also they have some interesting stats on Apps store sales over time for > Android -v- iPhone and they don't make encouraging reading, so what do > people think? > > Al. > > --- > > * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://andappstore.com/* > > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company > number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City > Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
