wraggster
March 5th, 2012, 21:38
Opera may have to rethink its tagline.
Browser firm Opera is always eager to plug its Opera Mini as 'the world’s most popular mobile browser' with every one of its press releases, however, Android's embedded browser has now taken the coveted crown from the Norwegian firm, according to StatCounter. (http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_browser-ww-monthly-201102-201202)
The research showed that Android's 'robot' browser passed use of Opera's mobile browser for the first time ever in February 2012, out of a 12-month period.
This means that Android has climbed from fourth place in February 2011 when it was behind iPhone and Nokia.
While Opera now sits at second place, iPhone and Nokia sit at third and fourth respectively, as BlackBerry rounds off the top five.
Opera has continued to push its mobile offerings over the past few months and will surely be looking to wrestle the number one spot back, though with Android the most dominant mobile OS on the market, it may have a hard task on its hands.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/android-s-pre-loaded-browser-is-the-world-s-most-popular/017282
Browser firm Opera is always eager to plug its Opera Mini as 'the world’s most popular mobile browser' with every one of its press releases, however, Android's embedded browser has now taken the coveted crown from the Norwegian firm, according to StatCounter. (http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_browser-ww-monthly-201102-201202)
The research showed that Android's 'robot' browser passed use of Opera's mobile browser for the first time ever in February 2012, out of a 12-month period.
This means that Android has climbed from fourth place in February 2011 when it was behind iPhone and Nokia.
While Opera now sits at second place, iPhone and Nokia sit at third and fourth respectively, as BlackBerry rounds off the top five.
Opera has continued to push its mobile offerings over the past few months and will surely be looking to wrestle the number one spot back, though with Android the most dominant mobile OS on the market, it may have a hard task on its hands.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/android-s-pre-loaded-browser-is-the-world-s-most-popular/017282