2011/1/5 Shamit Verma <[email protected]>: > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Binand Sethumadhavan <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> I don't doubt that. My interest is in the actual numbers, which >> neither of the URLs you pasted mention. Opera in their annual report >> mentions that theirs is the most popular mobile browser in use >> globally. >> >> > They indeed made that statement, but it is not true. Opera conveniently > distorted numbers to make these claims. For example: > > Opera's market share : 20% > iPhone browser : 17.5 > iPod browser : 5.9%
What are the denominators used here? 20% of what? > Total iOS browser share: 23% this alone is higher than Opera (iPod and > iPhone have the same browser. ). Total marketshare for WebKit based browsers > is 65% (iOS + Nokia + Android+ Blackberry). But then you are counting entire Blackberry under Webkit - which is probably not true (only recent Blackberries I believe, have Webkit-based browsers). Also, Nokia uses Webkit only on S60 mobiles - the S40 and older mobiles all had non-Webkit browsers (my Nokia 6303 Classic came with Opera Mini pre-installed). Lastly, Opera has a number of private-labeling deals with OEMs - in the Statcounter chart, there is an entry for Samsung, which is one such. I think Samsung's non-S60 mobiles all use Opera. Mind you, I don't doubt Webkit is gaining popularity - Apple ported it to iOS, Nokia to S60, Google to Android - all large markets. But what I'm doubting is if it has already overtaken Opera. Binand -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
