Watch Out For Android on the Mobile Web Front

I was just looking over a post from Will the other day, in which he reported the clear dominance of the iPhone when it comes to mobile browsing/web traffic. You can’t deny that at all, the numbers are clear-cut… In fact, from last months’ AdMob report, the iPhone accounts for 51% of all US smartphone web traffic. Dominant.

However, one thing I wanted to touch on here is the rise of Android. Will did touch on this in his post, but I feel it’s worthy of note yet again Check out the chart below. Look at Android. 6.15%. No biggie, right? I beg to differ. Look who they’re hanging out with there. They’re less than a percentage point down on Windows Mobile, they’re tied with Symbian, and Java ME is surely in their sites. With the release of new Android-powered devices this year, I would not be surprised to see these numbers change quite a bit, and have Android up in the 2nd or 3rd spot by years’ end.

One more quick thing before I go… Check out Palm (NSDQ: PALM). At a measly 2.37%, watch that number. Once the Pre hits the shelves, we may see that number grow as well. I wouldn’t expect a HUGE jump, but still, expect it to move in a positive direction.