iPhone web browsing hits record high in August

The iPhone now accounts for one out of every 333 web hits worldwide according to market analysis firm Net Applications, which notes that the device's Internet presence reached new heights in the weeks following the iPhone 3G's July 11 retail release. Net Applications reports that iPhone web surfing leveled off prior to the 3G version's commercial debut, with its international web usage marketshare passing the 0.2 percent mark in June before dipping over the next month--however, iPhone global web usage increased 58 percent between July and August, peaked at a record-high 0.48 percent on August 23. As of last month, the iPhone is now the fourth most popular operating system on the web with a 0.30 percent marketshare, behind Windows (90.69 percent), Mac OS (7.84 percent) and Linux (0.92 percent).

For more on the iPhone browsing surge:
- read this Fortune article

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