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Any idea why iPads and iPod Touches are not included as mobile devices? The report states that smartphones are a subset of mobile devices, but only uses Apple'

• protomyth 16y ago
  I get the feeling that companies like Gartner are going to struggle for a while on reporting numbers. I would really like to see some numbers on devices (be they cellphones, tablets, or handhelds) broken down by OS version and average number of apps downloaded (free & payed). With the coming tablets, these numbers would be more useful for developers.
• ZeroGravitas 16y ago
  By mobile device they just mean mobile phone. Why they don't just say that I'm not sure. However... If you assume iPod Touches are still 40% of iPhone sales (a number I see used often) then they're about level on sales in 2010, though Android's growth is still much higher. There was something like 15 million iPads sold last year, though Apple themselves seem keen to separate them from the smaller devices, unlike Android which has blurrier boundaries. Some analysts have started adding those iPad sales to the PC stats they compile, maybe tablets will become big enough to have their own category next year.