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KitKat doubles its market share as Jelly Bean falls for the first time

Advertisements Google has released the latest Android version distribution numbers and there are some interesting details inside. The total share of Android 4.4.x devices has grown to 5.3 percent, which is more than double of the KitKat’s share last month. In addition, the overall share of Jelly Bean among the active Android devices has gone […]

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Android tablets grow 127pc in 2013, take top spot from iPad

Advertisements 2013 was not just a great year for Android smartphones but also for tablets. According to latest data released by Gartner, Android tablets accounted for almost 62 percent of the total tablet shipments in 2013, thus overtaking iOS, which was only present on 36 percent of the shipped tablets last year. This is a […]

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India sees 44mn smartphone shipments in 2013, Samsung maintains leadership

Advertisements According to the latest smartphone figures released by research firm IDC, the smartphone shipments crossed 44 million last year in India, thanks to the growth shown by home-grown vendors. The figure was just 16 million in 2012. The Indian smartphone market grew by 181 percent year-on-year basis in Q4 with a total of 15.06 million […]

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Lenovo expects to turnaround Motorola’s fortunes in a few quarters

Advertisements Lenovo’s Motorola Mobility acquisition might not be complete but the Chinese giant is already making plans on how to make Motorola profitable. The company told Bloomberg that it expects to end Motorola’s losses in the matter of quarters after the deal is complete. “In a few quarters we can turn around the business,” Lenovo […]

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Smartphone shipments top 1 billion units in 2013: IDC

Advertisements Research firm IDC has released its quarterly mobile phone tracker report, which reveals that the total worldwide smartphone shipments crossed 1 billion units mark for the first time. According to IDC, a total of 1,004.2 million smartphones were shipped in 2013, which is up 38.4 percent from the 725.3 million unit shipments in 2012. […]

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Jelly Bean now on almost 60pc of active Android devices

Advertisements KitKat continues to rise, ICS and GB lose market share Google has released the first Android platform statistics for 2014 and there is no surprise. KitKat and Jelly Bean continue their rise being the latest Android versions, while the older versions like Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich are losing market share. In terms of […]

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Android will pass 1 billion active users in 2014: Gartner

Advertisements Research firm Gartner is forecasting that Android will cross 1 billion active users milestone this year. As we know, Android has already overtaken the 1 billion activations number but the active users are still said to be less than 1 billion. It is predicting the final number to be 1.1 billion by the end […]

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Samsung ships 10 million Galaxy Note 3 units

Advertisements Samsung has revealed today that it has shipped 10 million Galaxy Note 3 smartphone units. It is the 14th mobile phone from the company to achieve this feat. Other recent Samsung phones, which achieved 10 million or more shipment numbers are Galaxy S 4, Note II, Galaxy S III, Note, Galaxy S II, and […]

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