Wi-Fi provider, Boingo Wireless, reported
that
the iPad is now the second most popular non-laptop device
connecting to
its Wi-Fi networks.
The iPad pushed out former number two, Android and more than
doubled the
daily number of visits for the previous second place device.
The iPhone is still tops, representing nearly 90% of all non-laptop connections in Boingo's
airports. The iPad registered 5.4% of all device connections,
while
Android tallied 2.5%. Blackberry phones and iPod Touch MP3 players
accounted for less than 2% each of total visits. Windows Mobile
was less
than 1%.
The current version of iPad only connects to the Internet through Wi-Fi.
Today there have been a lot of
iPad news stories, the $29.99 unlimited plan from AT&T will be truly unlimited, there have been over
524,000 sold, cost $260
to make, music
iPad apps are really popular, Wi-Fi issues have
been reported.
SugarSync
now works with the iPad and whole bunch of popular aps blasted the app
store in time for the iPad
launch.
"It's stunning how quickly the iPad has established itself as a
force in
Wi-Fi," said Dave Hagan, president and CEO of Boingo Wireless.
"After
four days in market, it is already being more widely used than
other
Wi-Fi enabled mobile devices that have moved millions of units."
The above data represents all Wi-Fi enabled non-laptop devices in
Boingo's managed network, which includes 58 airports, the
Washington
State Ferries, and several sporting arenas and convention centers.
In
the context of this data, a "connect" is any device that
associated to
the SSID, received an IP address and loaded the sales portal in
the
venue. It provides a representative sample of market penetration
for the
various platforms of Wi-Fi enabled devices.
Boingo gives consumers the best choice of WiFi hotspots by
combining
more than 125,000 locations from 167 leading WiFi operators around
the
world into a single worldwide network spanning 103 countries.