> The iPad’s Web share grew steadily from April 3 until the weekend following the launch, April 10 and 11. At that time, the number peaked at 0.04 percent both days before settling back down as users went back to work. Comparatively, NetApplications recorded an average of 0.04 percent for BlackBerry devices over the [month of March](http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=8), while all versions of Android together came in at 0.07 percent, as did Windows Mobile.
via [arstechnica.com](http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/early-numbers-show-surprisingly-high-ipad-browser-share.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss)
The iPad, in 10 days, has already almost caught all Android devices combined, in terms of Internet use. This isn’t total number of devices, mind you. Rather, it’s a measure of how much the device is being used for Internet tasks.
Considering Apple hasn’t sold that many of these devices yet, that number is very impressive. And it shows that when you build a good product, people actually use it, as opposed to buying it and then letting it sit idle in a corner somewhere. That leads to future upgrade sales to more satisfied customers.
Also of note: None of these devices runs Flash. The next time an Adobe zealot tries to tell you that Flash is on 98% of all computers, remind him or her that Web traffic on mobile devices needs to be calculated into that number. Give it time. Sooner or later, there will be more tablets and smart phones using the Internet than desktop computers.
