The iPad now accounts for over 1% of all web browsing in the world, and in the United States that number rises to 2.1% according to a NetMarketShare report. Lest you think this isn’t a very impressive number, keep in mind that on July 4th the iPad will have been available for only 14 months. Getting 2.1% of the U.S. market when there are many competitors is not easy to do.

At the SXSW festival, talk occasionally varies from how much Radiohead rules to matters of technology. There was a fascinating discussion on iPhone gaming by people who make games for iPhones, and an interesting tidbit came out of it; not only is the iPhone dominating headlines, it’s also dominating web browsing for mobile devices…