Android’s Popularity Grows By Leaps And Bounds [Recent AdMob Mobile Usage Report Shows Android Gains, iPhone Loses In Last Month]

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AdMob’s monthly report on mobile device web traffic has come out. The report measures smartphone marketshare based on how many of each device visits websites, and while the iPhone was #1 in internet usage, it saw some of its lead disappear to multiple Android devices.

The five most popular Android devices last month, again, based on web traffic, were the Motorola Droid, HTC G1, Motorola CLIQ and HTC Hero. While the iPhone accounts for 44% of smartphone web traffic, all the listed Android devices make up 42%, so Google’s little OS that could is quickly gaining ground on the iPhone OS.

The iPhone OS lost 2.4% of it’s OS share last month while Android saw a 2.7% gain. Obviously there are more Android devices compared to iPhone devices and since AdMob says they measure all mobile devices – tablets and MIDs included, the iPad will definitely give the iPhone OS a huge boost.

The BlackBerry 8830 and Palm Pre both saw losses in market share last month as well. These might not be entirely accurate as the BlackBerry 8830 is three years old and as a BlackBerry owner myself, many BlackBerry owners don’t surf on their devices. Slate-style touchscreen devices are much more conductive environments for casual web surfing. As for the Palm Pre… well, need I say more. It’s not exactly a popular device.

As we reported earlier this week, mobile OS providers are in an arms race to establish themselves with as much market share – and pundits say to expect them to expand to tablets, MIDs and other sorts of devices.