Fortune is reporting on recent research results from Morgan Stanley which shows that the iPhone had massive early growth in the mobile internet industry, and is a “two or three year lead.”
Based on past performance, according to Morgan Stanley, Apple is in the “pole position” in the race to dominate mobile Internet computing, which is supposed to be for the 2000s what desktop Internet computing was for the 1990s, personal computing for the 1980s, mini computing for the 1970s, and mainframe computing for the 1960s.
Here is a confusing chart:
The report also includes numbers on mobile data usage. The iPhone only holds 17% of the mobile phone market, but claims 50% of mobile app usage, and 65% of the mobile web browsing. (No wonder AT&T’s networks are buckling)
Looks like Apple is going to be in charge of this market for some time.
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