2011/1/5 Shamit Verma <subs.linux.mum(a)vshamit.com>om>:
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Binand Sethumadhavan
<binand(a)gmail.com>wrote;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