Om, do you (or anyone else; hello ATT&T?) have any stats on outgoing emails and text messages from the iPhone compared to the BlackBerry ?

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Perhaps I’m confused. If I read AdMob’s site correctly, AdMob “allows advertisers to reach their customers on the mobile Web and publishers to increase the value of their mobile sites.” Therefore, your advertising solution is designed and aimed toward crippled mobile browers. Most of the devices in your study, particularly your top devices, are automatically directed to mobile versions of websites. This is far from true with the iPhone. In fact, the mobile web is what mobile Safari aims to avoid.

I have never intentionally viewed a mobile website from my iPhone. When I am directed to a mobile version, a rare occurrence these days, I close it or find a link to the full site. Don’t get me wrong – I see plenty of advertising, but it is from companies such as Google, AdBrite, LinkShare, etc. Companies that target full-fledged websites.

In my opinion, AdMob is incapable of understanding its target audience and devices. By failing to point out the significant flaw in the metrics on your report, you do a disservice to your customers.

Full disclosure, I am VP Marketing at AdMob.

To Saadiq’s question, our monthly report is free to all and available at http://www.admob.com/metrics. We have every report since September (first instance) archived and downloadable on the site as well. We derive the data from our ad serving business which allows us to aggregate it and provide it to the marketplace for free.

One clarification to Sidharth’s comment. The AdMob Network serves ads on all mobile devices. We have seen the iPhone grow as a % of traffic in many markets, but it still represents only 0.8% of AdMob Monthly ads served (iPhone = 22,324,375 in April).

We believe that the iPhone is important as an example of where the mobile experience can go. It is worth noting that the experience on mass market devices has improved dramatically in recent years. The report shows the growth of manufacturers and handsets by market to help track these trends.

Please provide us feedback on the report at metrics@admob.com. Thanks.

Jason Spero
VP Marketing, AdMob

I would say that it is a game changer: User Interface, design, screen expectations, software expectations and of course web surfing expectations. I am an e61i user myself, but from a consumer perspective, iPhone is a game changer. Look at the number of people who are using it and surfing the web on it.

is it little bit overstatement that iPhone is a game changer? There is nothing new in iPhone exept ability to scale pic using two fingers. Woohoo. There has been more advanced devices already years available. For example Nokia N95 and NB00. I’m writing this with my E61i.

you ask and i deliver :-)