Apple’s iPhone OS has successfully overtaken Symbian for the lead in all mobile web traffic, according to the latest data from AdMob. The combined iPhone and iPod touch share has jumped from 33 percent in February to 40 percent in August. Symbian, meanwhile, has almost exactly traded positions with Apple and fell from 43 percent near the start of the year to 34 percent in August.
RIM’s BlackBerry OS, Windows Mobile and Palm OS also dropped sharply in the same time frame. The BlackBerry fell more softly, from 10 to 8 percent, but the older platforms have dropped off rapidly; Windows Mobile fell from 7 to 4 percent, and the now-discontinued Palm OS has declined from 3 percent to just 1 percent. The fastest risers outside of Apple were relatively new platforms like Android and Palm’s webOS, which respectively account for 7 percent and 4 percent of the mobile Internet.
For ForkBombr, about 4% of traffic comes from MobileSafari, with all other mobile browsers combined only accounting for .05% of usage.
On the desktop, Safari for Mac weighs in at 57%, Firefox for Mac and PC both accounting for 10%, with Internet Explorer being used for a startling 8% of views.