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I dont believe you

By Chris McFaul Posted Tuesday 15th January 2008 17:17 GMT

"Google saw more hits from iPhones than any other device"

so more than from PCs?

or do you mean "Google saw more hits from iPhones than any other mobile device"

Phone browsers

By Anonymous Coward Posted Tuesday 15th January 2008 17:44 GMT

Hardly surprising, using the default browser on my N93 is a huge pain in the arse. All I want is to type a bloody url in and hit 0 until the cr symbol pops up. Half the time I finish typing in a URL only to realise its dumped me back at the bloody bookmark search thing and the other half of the time I hit cr and end up God knows where. And the whole backwards navigation thing is also crap. Still pages look good in widescreen mode (apart from f'in Google who insist on giving me their "totally useless page for small screened phones from the 90s").

/flame off

Bring it on!

By Edward Pearson Posted Tuesday 15th January 2008 18:05 GMT

Bring out the grammar Nazis!!

How do you know who's using the internet more?

By Tom Posted Tuesday 15th January 2008 18:23 GMT

Both the iPhone and Nokia phones use versions of the safari browser, so unless you're digging quite deep, its hard to know who is visiting what.

Plus, I ditch the phone's browser and use Opera Mini..

By Anonymous Coward Posted Tuesday 15th January 2008 18:38 GMT

I'd love to see Google identify that I was using Opera Mini on a SE W880...

@Tom

By Joe K Posted Tuesday 15th January 2008 18:47 GMT

Its hardy digging deep, every browser in the world reports the operating system, as well as info like the screen resolution and other bits, in every page request.

There really is nothing to touch the browsing on the Iphone/Touch at the moment. Trying another mobile afterwards is like trying to use an old text browser (remember Lynx?) wearing boxing gloves,

"On Christmas Day Google saw more hits from iPhones than any other device."

By Anonymous Coward Posted Tuesday 15th January 2008 19:41 GMT

Just shows that iPhone users had found no better use for such a marvellous device than sit Googling all day....... must be a truly spellbinding bit of kit!

Data Tariffs

By Anonymous Coward Posted Wednesday 16th January 2008 09:34 GMT

I think the most likely reason for the large number of hits from iPhones is the fact that they all come with an "unlimited" data tariff.

I know I would use my N95 for browsing more if I had a decent amount of MB bundled, but at the moment I baulk at paying a reasonably large amount of money to get that. Especially as I couldn't then use it as a modem for my laptop when I do have that with me.