Poll - Mobile useage

[Brian]

Was asked to post a poll to get an idea of what platform people are using as far as mobile communications go. Might assist anyone considering Nihonto related apps, and also just generally of interest..

 

Brian

[pcfarrar]

Might be worth putting Apple before iOS as I'm guessing a fair few people won't know that is operating system iphones/ipad's use.

[Brian]

Done

 

Brian

[Robert Janssen]

Curious to see how this goes...

 

related to app developers though: the ratio of apple to android users will only tip in the favor of android in the future. cheaper android phones will only add to the number of android users browsing mobile and using apps.

Although I think apple users are more likely to invest in paid apps, the percentage of android users that pays for apps is less than apple users. tricky tricky...

 

my 2 cents anyway!

[kusunokimasahige]

Interesting indeed ! I personally want a phone with which I can phone people and occasionally text people.

 

I use the internet at home and at university. Never used an app, never have owned a tablet, just an old windows phone because that worked well on my comp when I did not have a digital camera.

 

Pity that when this one runs out, I will have to go for these semi-computer good for nothings.

 

KM

[Jean]

That's the drawback of being an historian, H-J :D . I use IOS7.

[kusunokimasahige]

 

True Jean ! I still have a typewriter too.

 

KM

[Jussi Ekholm]

I browse the site quite much by my phone. I have some version of Android, don't even know which one.

 

I love to read the normal version of site by phone when I don't have access to computer. I get very frustrated by pages that are made for mobile devices (sometimes they throw you into a loop when you click use the full version of site -> it detects you are using mobile device -> so it brings you back to mobile site...), they make me want to throw my phone to wall. :D

[DirkO]

Brian,

 

Isn't this you can simply see in your webalyzer or webstats tool? Most hostings have this and you can actually see the platform from which the pageviews or hits are coming...

[Brian]

Dirk,

Yes, but I wanted to get an idea of the stats from registered members, and not just all visitors and guests. The figures from those who are signed up and participate I think are more useful that just those that have just visited once or twice.

 

In case anyone is interested, from all visitors, the figures look like this: (all browsers, not just mobile ones)

 

Safari---- 27.04%

Internet Explorer---- 24.50%

Chrome---- 21.35%

Firefox---- 19.65%

Android Browser---- 5.11%

Nokia Browser---- 0.69%

Safari (in-app)---- 0.60%

Opera---- 0.36%

Amazon Silk---- 0.22%

Opera Mini---- 0.18%

[Robert Janssen]

  Jussi Ekholm said:

I browse the site quite much by my phone. I have some version of Android, don't even know which one.

 

I love to read the normal version of site by phone when I don't have access to computer. I get very frustrated by pages that are made for mobile devices (sometimes they throw you into a loop when you click use the full version of site -> it detects you are using mobile device -> so it brings you back to mobile site...), they make me want to throw my phone to wall. :D

 

Hey Jussi,

 

just FYI: if you use firefox for android on your phone, you can tell firefox to force full versions of sites and firefox will hide the mobile browsing info or something. anyway: if you select that the site will refresh and switch for mobile to full version and it will stay that way.

 

Nice stats Brian, the number of mac users (safari) is higher than I expected actually.

[jamesicus]

In my non-web presence life I am a western tradition Calligrapher and hand write most things in an Italian Renaissance hand. I do try to compose my web pages so that they will render and function in mobile devices (smart phones and the like).

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