According to the latest numbers from Net Applications, iOS is the third most popular platform on the Internet, surpassing Linux and Android combined.In August 2010, Android had a 0.20% market share, Linux was at 0.85%, while iOS devices – the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad – had a 1.13% market share. Net Applications’ figures do not include device sales – they merely show which devices are being used to access the web. “It’s something to take note of when a mobile operating system passes something that’s been around forever. Mobile’s growth curve is strong and mobile is becoming quite a phenomenon on the Internet.” said Net Applications’ vice president Vince Vizzaccaro.”  As always, take these numbers with a grain of salt; Linux users are more tech-savvy than most users and are thus more likely to block Net Applications from tracking their web usage. One could also argue in favor of Android devices being counted as Linux, since Android is based on the Linux kernel. Regardless, one number stands out: put all the different mobile devices together, and they account for 2.6 percent of all devices accessing the web. And that’s just the beginning: the smartphone market has been growing fast in the last year, the iPad is still relatively new to the market, and first serious competitors are yet to make an impact.
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