Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Apple, King of Wi-Fi
Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple News" @ 12:00 PM
"Regardless of its actual market share, Apple all but commands use at Wi-Fi hotspots in cafes and coffee shops in the US, according to new data from JiWire."
According to the study, the iPod Touch and iPhone combined to account for 97.6% of all handheld usage in Wi-Fi hotspots, while the Mac use is right at 25% of all notebook usage. They also note some interesting stats about Wi-Fi, such as the US leading in the number of hotspots with 67,420 versus the UK which has 27,459. They also compared cities in the US, and found New York in the lead with 887 hotspots versus the number two San Francisco with 872.