Google's default browser in Android has become the most popular mobile browser in February.
Data released by Internet analytics firm StatCounter shows that Android eclipsed Opera for the first time with a 22.67 percent versus 21.7 percent advantage. Apple's Safari version for iPhone follows with 21.06 percent.
All other browsers play minor roles, including Nokia's Symbian browser with 11.24 percent and RIM's Blackberry browser with 6.53 percent.
In the desktop browser market, Google's Chrome kept adding market share and landed at 29.84 percent for February, while Microsoft's IE dropped to 35.75 percent. Google is already approaching IE market on weekends, when the browser is now capturing more than 32 percent market share, while Microsoft has dropped below 33 percent, according to StatCounter. Mozilla's Firefox appears to have found some ground under its feet and has stabilize just below 25 percent market share (24.88 percent in February).
At least according to the trend revealed by StatCounter, there is a good chance that Chrome will be surpassing IE market share for the first time next weekend.
well whats left for browsers:? firefox and opera are not looking that great these days. google stalking with chrome? do you have a tinfoil hat on your head too?
The fact that opera is doing so well demonstrates it's quality, as people have to look for and install it, and doesn't piggyback on program installs like Chrome does for the desktop.
Unfortunately, Opera Mobile 's latest iteration is also buggy as hell, crashes often. People have been complaining about it since last update. Hope they get their act together soon. I don't like to use default browsers either.
Don't you export to an HTML file then import it in?
Agree 100 percent. Using opera as i am typing from a 2 years old Android phone running froyo. Full sites are just smooth and so usable. But Opera can use more memory than 512 mb on most old phones. That can cause occasional crashes.
I use Opera mini on my Samsung Transform that has less than 256MB (it says it has 161MB, but I'm not sure because of the odd number). It doesn't crash on me. Did you only mean the regular Opera for Android when you said 512MB?
I know Opera mini has some trouble with some stuff. Mine refuses to work well with pictures, it always shrinks them down to a very small size and I can't see them well enough because of that. When I want to see pictures, I'm stuck using another browser despite Opera mini being faster.