What's making mobiles sing?
Published: 3 June 2009 08:56 GMT
Norway's Opera Software overtook Apple's iPhone browser in May as the most popular mobile browser in the world, web analytics firm StatCounter said on Tuesday.
Of all internet pages that were downloaded to mobile devices globally in May, 24.6 per cent were downloaded through Opera's browser and 22.3 per cent via iPhone, StatCounter said.
The top spot has see-sawed this year.
Aodhan Cullen, chief executive of StatCounter, said in a statement: "Opera began the year in the number one slot but iPhone overtook it in February. It will be fascinating to watch how this battle plays out over the year."
Opera sells its browser to many mobile phone makers and operators, and consumers can directly download it for free, while the Apple browser's ranking reflects only iPhone users surfing the internet.
Nokia, the world's biggest selling mobile phone maker, retained third place in mobile browsers with 17.9 per cent of the market, StatCounter said.
StatCounter said its research data is based on four billion pages loaded per month.
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