According to ABI Research, 800 million Android smartphones being used daily in 2013

Android continues its unstoppable expansion around the world and there is no continent or market that does not see the Google OS one of the largest, if not the largest, mobile OS by distribution. 

Android and iOS Capture a 92% Share of Global Smartphone Shipments in Q4 2012

According to Strategy Analytics, it seems that Google's Android and Apple's iOS , together, have covered in the fourth quarter of 2012, as many as 92% of the smartphone market, leaving really only the crumbs to competitors, such as from Microsoft and RIM, hoping that the new Windows Phone 8 and Blackberry 10 OS should turn the tide.

8 million Angry Birds downloads on Christmas Day

Angry Birds has not diminished his popularity, despite the gameplay has not changed dramatically in recent years with the various revivals as the latest Angry Birds Star Wars, towards the end of the series has reached a new high. Only Christmas day, adding up all the various titles released so far, can reach up to 8 million downloads , and especially the last mentioned earlier has remained on top of the standings on iTunes USA for some time.

Booming iPad mini and iPhone 5 sales expected in Apple's holiday quarter

According to a Wall Street analyst who has closely followed the fortunes of Apple and its latest products, the sales forecasts for the Apple devices, would have fully complied with the expectations , posting record numbers of sales during the holidays quarter.

Apple and Samsung together have 99% of the profits in the mobile sector

According to a recent survey, Apple , Samsung and HTC are the three companies that produce smartphones and are profitable.

In particular, the results are amazing for Apple and Samsung , which together account for 99% of all profits in the mobile sector and HTC is distant 3rd with 1%.

Android claims 48% of U.S. tablet market share

The Android table segment is getting stronger and taking more and more market share, however still long way to reach the smartphone market share , that Android is enjoying at the moment , now what is told and retold, but it seems that the trend is slowly changing, at least in America, but with the aid of Amazon's Kindle Fire.

According to Nielsen over half of U.S. teenagers now own a smartphone

Time after the summer break, it is time to take stock and Nielsen certainly does not wait, with a small table showing which are the trends of new subscribers in the United States. We start from the first point underlined by the agency, which sees a significant number of new smartphone owners now on U.S. soil, which went from 41 to 55.5% of the population in a single year.

This is what the new iPhone will look like

iMore has published some images from which we can see how will look like the new iPhone 5, which will be officially presented next Wednesday, 12.09 . Portal invokes a number of sources and other media, and says his photos are pretty accurate when it comes to the look of the iPhone 5, as well as the latest generation iPad may be named only as "the new iPhone".

Apple announces the results of the third quarter of fiscal 2012, iPad scores new Record

As planned , Apple has announced  the results of fiscal Q3 of 2012 sales and receipts revealing the third year Conference Call for AAPL shareholders. The last fiscal quarter, which began April 1 and ended on June 30, once again registers receipts and record sales, thanks largely to the New iPad launched in early quarter !

The Company posted  revenue of $ 35 billion and a net quarterly profit of  $ 8.8 billion  or $ 9.32 per diluted share. These results compare with revenues of $ 28.6 billion and net quarterly profit of $ 7.3 billion, in the same quarter last year. The  gross margin  stood at  42.8 per cent  compared to 41.7 percent in the quarter last year.International sales accounted for 62 percent of quarterly revenue. 

Rumor - The new iPhone 5 will be released this fall with 4G connectivity, NFC and 1GB of RAM

In recent days we had talked about a possible production start of the new sixth-generation iPhone  from the Japanese site Mocotakara. Today comes news totally different from front of American and more specifically from BGR  who claims to have received new information from a reliable source.

Rovio officially announces Amazing Alex, available from tomorrow in the Play Store

Rovio Mobile has finally lifted the veil on its upcoming title, Amazing Alex who will not only change from the past games with the series Angry Birds but will focus on a whole new gameplay focused on physics and motion of objects but also on solving riddles and puzzles to continue in the game and complete over 100 levels designed by the developers.As with previous titles, Amazing Alex also enjoy free updates that will enrich the longevity of the game coming up with new challenges.

Windows Phone 8 vs. Android 4.1 vs. iPhone OS 6 - Characteristics compared

The 3 main operating systems in the mobile world is evolving more and more, with features and functionality often similar but differently exploitable. Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is the latest release presented in chronological order and the only available now on the first terminal . To see iOS 6 and Windows Phone 8 because the work must wait a few months but, due to rumors and anticipations announced officially by Apple and Microsoft, is already possible to outline the general capabilities of the system and support the latest technologies.

A new infographic compares the costs of the components between Nokia Lumia 900 and iPhone 4S

In agreement with what had been reported by iSuppli , according to which the construction of the Nokia  Lumia 900 would cost $209 to Nokia, iSuppli proposed an interesting infographic that compares the economic value of the components of Lumia 900 and iPhone 4S .

Apple continues to evaluate stylus integration on the iPhone and the iPad

The Cupertino company continues to explore the possibility of integrating the capacitive pen in his iDevice as evidenced by two recent patents covering specific technologies of interaction between the stylus and touch screen interface with . We underscore this timely to avoid confusion, exchanging idea really "innovative" (if it was not that it could not be patented) with an idea, that of the capacitive pen, extensively tested and integrated into products already on the market (Galaxy Note). 

iPhone with a 4 "display also confirmed by Reuters

Continues to take shape on the rumor to integration of a 4 "display in the new iPhone model . The rumor on the display with a diagonal larger than the current model is not new, but recently the authoritative sources that have reported the rumor multiplied. After the Wall Street Journal is the news agency Reuters back to confirm the integration of a larger screen in the next iPhone.

Facebook for iOS with retinal support and many improvements

Today is an update to the official Facebook app on Apple App Store appeared, bringing along with some bug fixes, new features and support for high-resolution retinal display of the new iPad.

The version 4.1.1 is now bringing the following features and enhancements:

- You can go offline in chat

- The right profile picture appears for everyone
- Your list of friends always includes all your friends
- In sets of photos, your name is displayed correctly
- Photos of people who like Facebook Pages load correctly
- Your friend-request notification only lights up if you have a request
- You can change your language to Czech, Danish, Greek, Indonesian, Malaysian, Norwegian (Bokmal), Portuguese (Portugal) or Thai
- If you've got a new Retina iPad, you'll see a crisp, high resolution interface

The app can now be downloaded from the App Store and is free as always.

Angry Birds Space finally arrives in the App Store

I really expected a lot from a few hours and was made ​​available in the App Store, talking about the new chapter of the famous game where the birds are angry war of piglets thieves:  Angry Birds Space.The battle, until the last egg, this time will be fought in space thanks to the many new environments present in 60 levels of interstellar planets in zero gravity, can give you a gaming experience new, unique, with puzzles and slow-motion destruction at the speed of light.

The purchase of the game gives us months and months of fun thanks to the many updates that will come with time - all free - that will add to possibilities to expand the gameplay thanks to the in-app purchases: new birds, new superpowers and more . If you love like that you should not miss this new episode available for just $0.99

Angry Birds Space can be found here in AppStore

Siri on iPhone 3G, iPhone and iPad 4 through i4Siri

Siri is the name of the assistant speech given by Apple and launched last year with the 'iPhone 4S. Many consider it useless, while others need. We expected to see it announced for the new iPad to the presentation of a few days ago but who has been waiting undoubtedly disappointed, it seems that Apple has decided to keep it as exclusive iPhone 4S and the upcoming iPhone 5.

Apple acquires Chomp app search engine to enhance App Store

Apple continues its bying spree and after having acquired Anobit , the Israeli company manufacturing flash memory, chose the search engine developed by Chompas an additional resource to improve the performance of the ecosystem services that revolve around the iDevice. It is believed that the acquisition will be finalized to improve the tools of research applications in the App Store.

Kantar WorldPanel:WP7 grows 450% YoY in UK, mostly due to Nokia Lumia sales

The research firm Kantar Worldpanel regularly calculates smartphone sales carried out worldwide over the past 12 weeks to trends. This time the firm has paid special attention to the release of Nokia Lumia 800 in the UK market and gives some information about this very interesting. Kantar reports that for the first time smartphone users outnumbered feature phone users, with more than 50% of cellphone users owning some kind of smartphone, and 71% of sales in the holiday season from November 2011 to 22nd January 2012 being for smartphones.

Kantar notes Windows Phone which managed to capture 2.2% of sales in this period, with the Lumia 800 taking the majority of this market share.

“Windows Phone 7 is also creeping up, taking over 2% of the market for the first time with the Nokia Lumia 800 taking the lion’s share. This looks set to continue with the expected launch of at least two new models at the Mobile World Congress conference," said Dominic Sunnebo, global consumer insight director at Kantar Worldpanel ComTech.

"A really positive thing for the mobile OS from Microsoft is how users seem to use their smartphone. Of 81% owners of a Windows Phone have used social networks on their devices during the previous month, as more users Android and IOS. Moreover, three quarters of the owners of a 800 Lumia used the GPS, indicating that the choice to include free Nokia Nokia Drive was a relevant investment. "

He noted Nokia has been at least somewhat successful in converting its Symbian users to Windows Phone, with a quarter of users of Windows Phone 7 having used Symbian phones in the past.

He predicted Windows Phone could grow its market share to 8% by the end of 2012.

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