Will Nintendo 3DS, PS Vita or iOS?

Yes, it sounds strange to compare an operating system with a pair of consoles laptops to play games, but believe me, there is a reason to. If you enjoy many games on your smartphone and in turn accounts with a Nintendo 3DS or PS Vita, then surely you know that with money you buy a game for any of these consoles can buy many for your mobile.
During the period from January to March this year, those using iOS platform for enjoying your favorite video games spent a lot of money to download games. In fact, the amount invested in iOS games by consumers exceeded the amount spent on games for PS Vita or Nintendo 3DS, as revealed by a new study.
These figures were revealed through research conducted by IDC and App Annie. Both companies reached these conclusions after finishing their studies together. Frankly, this should not surprise too, since many of the people who own a smartphone use it to play at any time of the day.

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Huawei: the third largest producer of smartphones in the world?

 

The mobile phone market is very hot and constantly in motion. With technology improving constantly out new models and this helps the rebound. A new report from IDC ranks Samsung as the number one manufacturer of mobile phones in the world, and obviously Apple is second. Nothing surprising so far, but may be surprised to learn that Huawei is recognized as the third largest producer of smartphones in the world.

It is the first time that Huawei occupies this position in its history, as it was previously some posts below. The company has managed to get in the top three thanks to its sales strategy cheap mass produced smartphones and other high-end line as Ascend. The report also referred to some notable products as the Ascend P1 (measuring 6.68 mm thick), the upcoming 6.1-inch model known as Ascend Mate and two types of software called Magic Touch and Floating Windows. Besides this, the company is testing a new high-speed network with Vodafone.

 

ZTE Sony and round out the top five, while LG has been left out of it.

What do you think?

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Microsoft buy the maker of screens Perceptive Pixel

 

TORONTO (Reuters) - Microsoft will acquire Perceptive Pixel, a company that develops large touch screens and whose clients include the cable television channel CNN said Monday its chief executive, Steve Ballmer.
Microsoft also said it plans to launch the latest version of its flagship operating system Windows in October, launch Ballmer painted as the most important for the company based in Redmond (Washington) since the release of Windows 95 nearly two decades.
"This is a year epic" Ballmer said more than 16,000 business partners at a conference in Toronto. "It is a year of unprecedented opportunities," remarked the executive.
The next 12 months are critical to the software giant, which has prepared a multi-pronged attack against the dominance of Apple and Google in the crucial segment of mobile computing.
The company is making several bets important in this period: its new operating system Windows 8, aiming for launch in late October, the first tablet "Surface", a new version of Office, and a new and improved software for telephony.
"The main products not only enter into a new wave, but for years to know if Microsoft's bid for Windows 8, which links to the tablets and PCs will be a success or a failure for the company," said IDC analyst Al Hilwa.
Microsoft said that Windows 8 will send its hardware partners in the first week of August, and will be available more widely to late October.
"This will be the biggest year in the launch of products and services in the history of our company, creating huge opportunities for our partners grow their business," Ballmer said in a statement released simultaneously in annual Worldwide Partner Conference.
Microsoft, which recently agreed to buy the online social network Yammer by 1,200 million dollars in cash (about 975 million euros), did not disclose the value of what you plan to pay for the acquisition of Perceptive Pixel.
Perceptive Pixel was founded in 2006 and launched its first workstations and large wall screens in 2007, according to its website, where presumed to "transform the way CNN covered the historic U.S. presidential election of 2008 ".

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