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 Android and iOS lead the chart and Windows follows at a predictable number three according to Kantar’s WorldPanel Comtech report for Q2 2003, Samsung retains its position of top Android device, it accounted for 65 percent of all smartphone sales in the top smartphone markets in the world (UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, USA, Australia, China, Mexico) iPhone Sales presented a mixed picture, [...]

IDC has released its quarterly report on the smartphone market and it’s bad news for Apple, world over shipments of tablets came down in Q2 of 2013 to 32% of market share because Apple did not release a new model of its trend setting iPad, although Apple retains top tablet spot and shipped more tablets than Samsung, ASUS, Lenovo and Acer combined. Apple shipped 14.6 million iPads, while Samsung [...]

Unable to find your Android phone?, Google is giving you an app to locate your phone. Google has announced that it will launch Android Device Manager, a device location and security service app for Android phones and tablets  in the next few weeks, this feature was on the wishlist of many Android users who had to rely on third party apps like  Where’s My Droid or Lookout Security & [...]

Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One Google Play edition phones have started getting an OTA (over-the-air) upgrade to Android 4.3 today evening. ‘ I just got the 4.3 OTA notification on both of my Google-suppled GPe phones. The update is around 150 MB for the SGS4 and 180 MB for the HTC One, and comes as build JWR66V. This comes immediately after both HTC and Samsung released their Android 4.3 kernel [...]

Released this year as an upgrade to the amazingly popular Samsung Galaxy S3, the Samsung Galaxy S4 is the slightly smarter twin brother. The S3 and S4 (on the surface at least) are non-identical twins – they couldn’t look more alike. There are slight differences, however. The S4 is slightly wider (0.8mm), slimmer (0.7mm), and lighter (3 grams); with a slightly larger screen (0.2 inches) [...]

The iRig Mic from IK Multimedia is an external hand-held microphone accessory, specifically designed for mobile phones and tablets. Compatible with Android and iOS devices, the iRig Mic can be used for recording professional sounding audio on-the-go. It’s portable (and comes with a handle little case), which makes this microphone ideal for many situations, such as journalists conducting interviews, [...]

Android Gingerbread 2.3 operating system simply refuses to fade away even though it’s a  two year old mobile software primarily as the low cost devices with frugal hardware could only support that. Not surprisingly, its found on  33% of Android devices as per   Android Developers Page. Android Jelly Bean leads with a 40% share of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich  still has 22.5% share and [...]

Microsoft Office Mobile Comes To Android Smartphones Running Android 4.0 Or Higher After debuting Microsoft Office mobile on iPhone in June, six weeks later Microsoft is launching Microsoft Office Mobile for Android phone running 4.0 or higher. Microsoft is in no mood for an Android tablet version of the app is clear from it’s recommendation to the users to  use of the Office Web Apps on Android [...]

Google on Wednesday announced the next in line Nexus 7 tablet to the media in a breakfast event with Sundar Pichai, president of Android and Chrome at Google, the new 7-inch  weighs 290 grams, the tablet is lighter and thinner than its previous generation and comes with a  1080p resolution. It runs the newer 4.3 version of Androd Jelly Bean, specs include a high resolution 7-inch screen with a [...]

Faced with immense competition from iOS and Android devices, Microsoft is cutting the price of its Surface RT tablet by around 30 percent, as the mobile tablet struggles to lure customers from competition. The Surface RT is now pricedd at £279 instead of £399 in UK which brings it very close to Apple iPad mini’s £279  cost, Surface RT now costs only £10 more than Apple’s iPad mini. The [...]