Use of iPod Touch for Web browsing catching up to smartphones

AdMob’s January report shows Apple’s iPod Touch with the highest rate of growth among mobile devices capable of browsing the Internet.

The number of worldwide requests from the iPod Touch rose from 4.7 percent in December to 7.4 percent in January, by far the biggest increase of any mobile device. The iPhone’s share rose from 10.8 percent to 11 percent.

Last month an AdMob report on ad requests from mobile devices showed the iPod Touch second only to the iPhone . AdMob supplies online ads to such devices, most of which are cell phones.

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