Millennial: Android usage doubled iOS in Q3, iPad king of tablets with 456% growth
Usage of Google's mobile platform
across the Millennial network doubled iOS in the third quarter
according to new data just released by Millennial Media. After
representing 54% of impressions served by the mobile ad network
in August, Android finished strong to account for 56% of impressions in
the September quarter. That figure doubled iOS in the No. 2 spot with
28% during the quarter, and it dwarfed RIM's 13% share. Symbian
accounted for just 1% of impressions and Microsoft's Windows Mobile and Windows Phone
platforms combined to also account for 1% of impressions. The iPad
dominated tablets, having grown a whopping 456% between the third
quarter in 2010 and this past quarter, and impressions across iOS grew
60% over the same period. Apple was the top manufacturer on Millennial's
network in the third quarter with a 23.09% share followed by Samsung
(16.48%), HTC (15.5%), RIM (11.05%) and Motorola (10.7%). Apple's
iPhones were also the top handset line with a 12.55% share, more than
double the No. 2 device line, LG's Optimus phones, which accounted for
6.3% of impressions served. RIM's BlackBerry Curve line was next with 4.7% followed by Motorola DROID phones with 4.35% and the HTC desire with 4.01%.