Windows Phone snatches third place to BlackBerry

What operating systems are moving more used? First we have the familiar Android Google, which dominates the market by a large majority. Secondly we have the iOS Apple, which only smartphones level is used by the iPhone. And thirdly we have to ... Symbian? No. BlackBerry? Nor. Third place now belongs to Windows Phone, Microsoft's mobile OS that is becoming very popular apparently.
According to the latest report released by International Data Corporation (IDC), Windows Phone has sold more than 7 million smartphones in the last quarter of the year, which gives it a 3.2% market share. That does not sound like much, but enough to put the operating system in third place behind iOS and Android. BlackBerry remains in fourth place with 2.9%.
The recent rush Windows Phone is mainly due to Nokia and HTC phones that have been launched in recent months, which have served to give a boost to sales of these types of smartphones.
In your opinion, what is the best mobile platform: Android, iOS, WP, BB or another?

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Instagram? Could reach Windows Phone?

If there is an app that users of the Windows Phone platform from Microsoft for sure miss that is Instagram. Windows Phone While there are some alternatives for implementation, there is nothing that can be compared to the original which is available for both Android and iOS. Now we ask ourselves one day be released a native app Instagram for Windows Phone? And the answer is yes, or at least that's what the guys from Nokia suggest.
The official Facebook page for Sweden to Nokia company has missed a small detail: Instagram to have said that Windows Phone is coming, but not yet have a release date. Obviously the comment is already cleared, but we must remember that there was a similar case in March, when a tweet from Nokia was said that the aforementioned app was in development.
Why Nokia erased your comment? As could be because they put something that was not right, or what everyone thinks, that what they wrote was not yet being released.
What do you think? Are Windows Phone users should be prepared for the arrival of Instagram?

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Nokia Lumia 928 will be announced on April 25

If there is a line of Windows Phone smartphones well known then that's the Nokia Lumia. Today the Nokia Lumia 920 is probably the best smartphone that runs Windows Phone on the market. Nokia CEO recently confirmed that a new Lumia would be released in this quarter of the year, although no exact date was given. Now at least we have the date on which, it is said, the future Lumia 928 is announced: April 25th, and everyone hopes will be better than his brother, the Lumia 920. If so, the Lumia 928 could become the smartphone Windows Phone platform needs.
There are also rumors of a save the date of delivery which would be between May 2 and May 9 about.
For now these rumors are all we have and it is a shame there is not some more exact dates for the launch, but if the announcement date is correct, then next week we'll have many more details.
There will be attentive to announcements of Nokia in the coming days to see if the rumor is confirmed.

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HTC is working on a maps app

One of the reasons that leads people to choose smartphones like the Nokia Lumia 920 and others, is due to a couple of great maps and navigation applications that are available only on phones of the famous Finnish manufacturer. We are talking about Nokia Maps and Nokia Drive, of course. As you also know, Nokia is today considered the leading seller of Windows Phone smartphones, and therefore their applications are the rulers navigations in this market. But we must not forget that HTC has also released several Windows Phone smartphones in the past, and seems well now aims to compete with Nokia in this area as it would be preparing its own mapping and navigation.
Recall that last year HTC launched the app you see above, HTC Locations, which is not available for Windows Phone 8, so it is quite likely that the idea of the company is to take your software to the latest version of the operating system mobile Microsoft .
We do not know either if this application is exclusive for WP or also be coming to the Android platform, but for sure soon we will learn more.

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Apple regained some popularity in the mobile sector

Between last November and January, Apple returned to take the place of the number one manufacturer of mobile phones for the U.S.. The market share of the company on the block marked by 37.8% according to data collected by comScore MobiLens. Samsung once again stood in the second place, increasing its share to 21.4%, a slight improvement when compared with the previous two quarters.
The two giants of the market for mobile phones managed to improve their marks at the expense of HTC and Motorola, who fell by 1.7% and 1.4% respectively. LG managed to slightly improve its share, which rose by just 0.3 %.
In terms of operating systems, Android is still obviously winning platform with a share of 52.3%, but that means it has had a slight decrease compared to the previous room. IOS has improved slightly, increasing by 3 percentage , 5%. In fact, iOS was the only platform which improved its share, for the rest, that is Windows Phone, BlackBerry and Symbian, suffered losses.
It is expected that this new room BlackBerry able to improve its brand with the launch of BlackBerry 10.

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iOS and Android dominate different segments in 2013

Any person having a smartphone is sure to be addicted to some of their applications, and most likely this is a game like Angry Birds or perhaps client Facebook or Twitter. But that does not matter, because we're not here to talk about particular applications, but roughly, since this year is expected to downloads apps reach 70,000 million. Half of all Android apps will be downloaded, 41% will be iOS and other insurance will go to the hands of Windows Phone and BlackBerry 10 (this includes both apps for tablets as mobile ).
obviously iOS will dominate the mobile sector in the field of tablets, while Android will do its part with smartphones. Still, Google may shine a little more this year thanks to the tablets of modern technology of Amazon, the new Kindle Fire HD, which are among the most popular on the market.
The 75% of downloaded apps for tablets belong to the iPad, while Android will remain at 21% and leave a mere 3% to WP. In terms of smartphones, Android will win with 58%, Apple will settle for 33% and between BB and Windows Phone will reach about 8%.

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New version of Windows Phone is coming

Microsoft is planning to release a new version of its Windows Phone operating system in the coming months, or so, which suggests a recent publication personnel search firm has done.
The company behind Windows requires an engineer and develop software to work with the Windows Phone mobile operating system. It seems to be an ideal time to join the project, since they are putting the finishing touches on the current version of WP and is expected to launch a new in a few months.
Of course we still do not know anything at all about the features that will future version of Windows Phone, but we hope to be released about September and October. Remember WP8 was launched last October and WP7.5 surfaced in September 2011, so the release date of the future WP8.5, WP9 or whatever his name is sure to be roughly similar.
According to some reports, the new version code-named "Windows Phone Blue", but for now there are no more details.

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The end of Symbian

 

You know what they say, all good things come to an end. Symbian's adventures are over after having been in this world since the 90s. The Nokia 808 PureView is, officially, the last Symbian phone ever. The guys at Nokia have said during the company's transition to Windows Phone in 2012 yet continued to sell Symbian phones, but the 808 PureView, launched in mid-2012, has been chosen as the last bearer of that operating system.

Throughout its history Symbian underwent many changes, but began to decline with the introduction of the iPhone and smartphones with touch screens and does about 5 or 6 years ago.

There is no doubt that Nokia will now begin to focus all its production to smartphones that run Windows Phone.

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iPhone becoming less popular among teens

About 2 years ago, almost everyone wanted an iPhone, but now there are other great options such as Android or Windows Phone.
Tina Wells of Buzz Marketing Group told Forbes that teenagers think that Apple is not as popular. Apple has done a good job to attract the attention of adults to their smartphone , but that does not happen with the younger generations, which are becoming interested in other products.
This is not the first time, declined by iOS device popularity among teenagers, in the past has been the same and in many cases young people opt for the Android platform and a terminal created by Samsung . The main reasons are two flaws in Apple products and services, and also the emergence of application stores large rivals like Google Play and Windos Phone Store.
What do you think? Does Apple's popularity is down to youth level or even across the board?

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Windows Phone bet for flexible displays

It seems that CES 2013 will be remembered as the event where they were made ​​the first real demonstrations of flexible displays. What we have here is a prototype of a device that runs on Windows Phone operating system and also carries a great flexible display, all of which we can see in the video below.
What do we know about it? Well almost nothing because the information was not disclosed. As we said this is a prototype and insurance are still many tests to be performed as making claims as soon walk.
Now tell us your opinion. What kinds of applications do you think could be used in a flexible display like this? Do you think the use of flexible displays would open new doors for developers and enable them to design applications that make maximum use of it?

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Nokia could end up in the hands of Huawei and Microsoft

While Nokia became the king of the market for mobile phones , and it was several years ago. Since then they have dropped several positions and finally over manufacturing smartphones with Windows Phone operating system, which still has a long way to reach the industry giants: iOS and Android. But maybe Nokia's efforts during this time are not used much in case the company is sold. The analyst Tristan Louis says that in 2013 Nokia could be passed on to other companies such as Huawei or giant software , Microsoft .
Currently Nokia does not seem to have plans to be sold, and although they have had some bad times in recent months, since the launch of the Lumia 920 with Windows Phone 8, things have improved a lot.
What do you think? Is 2013 the year that Nokia will improve your business or be the year that will be the company that we all know?

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Microsoft accuses Google of not wanting to develop a native YouTube app for Windows Phone

Before Windows Phone really into action, the two major market possible choices were iOS or Android, but since his arrival there who preferred to leave these two platforms and start using the Microsoft . And by the way, is Microsoft who accuses executives of Google to force the development team to avoid creating a YouTube application that is native to Windows Phone, which makes the experience of the famous video portal in mobile WP is pretty poor .
Microsoft also says that Google has prevented them from creating their own app for YouTube, which would give WP users an experience similar to that enjoyed by using the apps for Android and iOS. Besides this, the company claims to have evidence of YouTube employees that support these claims.
For now we add a new conflict to the list of problems between Microsoft and Google. What does the future hold?

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Facebook for Windows Phone gets a new update

If you're somebody who practically can not live without being connected to Facebook and also if you have a smartphone that runs Windows Phone, then we have good news for you. The biggest social network in the world announced the new version of its app for Windows Phone. The application has just been updated to version 2.8, but unfortunately were not made ​​aware of the changes that were made ​​to the app. Does that mean we must discover it for ourselves? It is likely, though not surprise me in the coming days Facebook gives details of this new version.
The least we can expect is a level of performance improvement and fixes for some bugs, ie, things that include almost all updates.
If you are using Facebook in WP, have you noticed any difference in the new version?

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Google and Motorola are working on a smartphone to rival the iPhone

Over the years, the iPhone from Apple and Samsung's Galaxy smartphones have become the best known devices of the phone market mobile terminal and currently no other has been able to compete with them. This could change as Google along with Motorola are working on a mobile to rival the rest of the market, including with top level competitors iOS, Android and Windows Phone. Recall that Google already has experience in the development of mobile phones and mobile devices, so for them there is a new market.
For now, the new device is known as the X Phone. It is said that it will be a very powerful phone with a camera and software for photos, but also have a flexible screen and outer ceramic. It speaks well of course X Tablet to be released sometime next year, although the data are about zero.
What Google and Motorola will bring up to? Let's wait a bit to see.

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RIM promises more than 70,000 apps when it launches BlackBerry 10

The applications are a key for any mobile operating system. Android does, iOS does, Windows Phone has them too and are the 3 most used smartphone market. BB10? Take them? Sure. That RIM has promised recently that your new platform will have a lot of applications at our disposal when launched. Frank Boulben, the marketing manager of the company, says there will be over 70,000 apps for BlackBerry 10 when the OS is released.
While this is an impressive number for a new mobile platform will be launched, it is still a small amount compared to what it offers iTunes Store and Play. Even WP has 100,000 apps, but its growth rate is much slower and gives the impression that BB10 will soon surpass.
So far, what is your opinion on what we have seen of BB10? Do you think it will be a good mobile platform?

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HTC mobile stop WP develop over 5 inches

According to sources familiar with the guys from HTC have opted to stop making large smartphones that run Windows Phone.

What is the reason behind this? Well due to the maximum screen resolution that supports Windows Phone, which is 1280 × 720 pixels, which as we know is equivalent to an HD resolution. Apparently, HTC believes that this resolution is too low to smartphones over 5 inches, which have to compete with Android models that support a higher resolution thanks to the great technology of the OS. As a comparison, the HTC Droid DNA (J Butterfly) is an Android with 5-inch screen with full HD resolution (1920 × 1080 pixels).

Another possible reason is the numbers, because HTC is not doing very well lately, and its market share has dropped a bit, so you probably want to focus on what matters most to consumers: Android.

Comment: Can Windows Phone models, with 5-inch screen and HD resolution, racing mobile Android of equal size but with full HD?

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Nokia Maps for iOS HERE

Does anyone out here besides me, who does not like the maps application that comes by default with iOS 6? Well the solution is here and is called Nokia Maps HERE, an app based on HTML5 maps. Yes, that means that it is a native application, but still presenting Nokia has shown that the application can be very effective and certainly is better than using Google Maps on the web browser.
This version of Nokia Maps HERE has everything to which they are accustomed to Windows Phone users, including data on public transport which were not included in the app to Apple . The design of the maps may not be as good as Google's application, to give an example, but what is more aimed HERE Maps functionality.
HERE Nokia Maps has been sent to the Apple app store and is waiting to be approved. It's free, so when we lose nothing by Lance have a look, right?

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Microsoft is working on its own Windows Phone smartphone

Microsoft is beginning to expand its borders to new markets. This was already more than clear with the announcement of the new tablet Surface. Now the company has decided to invest in technology "home" and is now developing its own smartphone that will run the Windows Phone operating system.
Apparently there is already a prototype of the new device and the guys at Microsoft are doing a lot of testing in his laboratory. For Microsoft, no doubt that his team develop for WP platform makes all the sense in the world. Other giants like Apple and Google have their own hardware , operating systems have their own and has an app store, all of which has been very successful as we know. Obviously MS is simply following in the footsteps of these two companies in their new business model.
Of course we still do not know what the new smartphone will be able to Microsoft, but we have seen what can be achieved through presentations and demonstrations of the Surface.
For sure we will have more details soon.

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Nokia Lumia 510 is on its way

Yesterday was leaked on the net a new smartphone which is known as Nokia Lumia 510. This device, which is not yet announced by the company, was seen in a private video on YouTube that has obviously restricted.
It is clear that this new smartphone is not anything special, and in fact it is a low-end model will surely be released very soon and your cost is, apparently, about $ 150.
The specifications of the new Nokia Lumia 510 include a 4-inch screen, 256MB of RAM and 4GB of internal memory. From what we can tell in the picture, the operating system will certainly be a version of Windows Phone.
We hope to have more news soon.

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Microsoft launches SkyDrive for Android

 

In early August, Microsoft was given a redesign to its SkyDrive cloud storage service, giving a look to be similar to Windows 8. At that time, the company also promised to launch an explanation to SkyDrive for Android devices, and as they kept his word.
Now the app is now available on all major platforms mobile , since earlier versions were released for Windows Phone and iOS.
You get SkyDrive for Android from Google Play for free .

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