Reply #5: mobile devices – feature phones, smartphones and tablets. [View All]

"Carrier IQ delivers Mobile Intelligence on the performance of mobile devices and networks to assist operators and device manufacturers in delivering high quality products and services to their customers. We do this by counting and measuring operational information in mobile devices – feature phones, smartphones and tablets. This information is used by our customers as a mission critical tool to improve the quality of the network, understand device issues and ultimately improve the user experience. Our software is embedded by device manufacturers along with other diagnostic tools and software prior to shipment."

From http://www.carrieriq.com/Media_Alert_User_Experience_Matters_11_16_11.pdf

Since the carriers and device manufacturers are the ones embedding the CarrierIQ clients in the handsets, it seems reasonable that the iPhone and iPad would also contain a client.

It may be that the client is easier to detect in Android.