By Wailin Wong |
Motorola Inc.’s Droid smartphone accounted for the most traffic out of all mobile devices running Google’s Android operating platform worldwide, according to an industry snapshot released Tuesday.

AdMob, a California-based mobile advertising network, compiles monthly statistics on mobile Web traffic based on data it collects from its network of more than 18,000 mobile websites across platforms such as Android and the iPhone’s operating system. The company is able to pinpoint the handset model from which it receives an ad request.

AdMob’s data show that Motorola’s Droid, which was released during last
year’s holiday season, generated 32 percent of Android traffic in March,
making it the leading Android handset. Motorola’s Android devices
represented 44 percent of traffic for the operating system, followed
closely by Taiwanese manufacturer HTC, which represented 43 percent of
traffic.

The AdMob data also underscores the expanding selection of Android
devices as more manufacturers introduce phones for the platform. In
September 2009, just two devices — both from HTC — accounted for 96
percent of Android traffic. In March, 11 phones accounted for the same
percentage of traffic. AdMob, citing figures from Google, counted 34
Android devices from 12 manufacturers as of March.

The Nexus One, Google’s Android device, accounted for just 2 percent of
March traffic, according to AdMob.

The number of Android handsets continues to grow. On Thursday, Verizon
Wireless will begin selling the HTC Droid Incredible, a new Android
phone that has been garnering high marks from reviewers and blogs.
Online pre-sales for the device kicked off earlier this month.