AdMob Dec.08 Mobile Stats

AdMob released their Dec. 08 Stats and had a look at the mobile OS’ worldwide:

* This month smartphone O we also look at Operating System share. Smartphones continue to increase as a percentage of our network traffic, led by the iPhone. Symbian is still the #1 OS worldwide
with 41% share and retains more than 90% share in Africa and Asia; however, the iPhone is challenging it in Latin America and Europe. The iPhone OS has already surpassed the RIM OS and
Windows Mobile combined.
* In the US, the iPhone OS generated 48% of smartphone requests in December, up from only 9% in May. The RIM OS and Windows Mobile follow with 19% and 15% share, respectively. Only 2 full
months after launch, Android has captured 2% OS share in the US.
* Palm OS share was 9% in the US in December. Palm’s share reached 20% in June with the success of the Palm Centro, but they have seen their share steadily decline since then.
* Worldwide iPhone requests grew 86% month over month to 668 million in December, giving the iPhone a 10.8% share of total requests.
* The G1 (HTC Dream) was the #20 device in the US with 0.8% share in December. G1 requests increased 46% month over month.
* Worldwide requests increased 9% month over month to 6.3 billion, led by a 20% increase in North America.

>> Link to the full report