iPhone surpasses WindowsCE in browser stats

After only six months - and no Christmas cycle yet - the Apple iPhone has already surpassed all WindowsCE devices combined in browsing statistics online. Browsing stats track the number of web pages viewed by certain operating systems and browsers, and is used by advertisers to target their web-based advertising. What is most telling here is that while WindowsCE (also known as Windows Mobile) has been out for 10 years and powers millions of deployed devices, it has been crushed in only a few months by the iPhone. If the trendline continues - and it is expected to do so, especially with the upcoming holiday sales season expected to see many iPhone and iPod Touch devices given as gifts, it could mean by this time next year that it would have surpassed Linux and perhaps even versions of Windows older than XP in browser stats. (For those wondering, it has already crushed the Sidekick, PSP, and other "alternate" means of internet viewing.)