Worldwide shipments of tablet devices grew by 142.4% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2013, according to a new report from the International Data Corporation.
49.2 million devices were shipped during the first three months of the year; more than total tablet sales in the first half of 2012.
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The GSMA has announced the winners of the 18th Global Mobile Awards at a ceremony hosted by David Walliams yesterday afternoon.
‘Best smartphone’ was awarded to the Samsung Galaxy SIII, while the Best feature phone prize went to the Nokia Asha 305.
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Podcast - 31st October 2012
We're talking about Apple's iPad mini, the new Google Nexus devices and Microsoft's two updated operating systems in our podcast this week.
There's also the launch of 4G from EE, an assortment of quarterly results and some analysis of smartphone sales.
Google has revealed three new Nexus-branded Android devices and an update to the Android mobile operating system. Its announcement was made online after a planned press conference in New York was cancelled due to the threat from Hurricane Sandy.
The new devices are expected on 13th November and will run Android v4.2, still known by the same codename as version 4.1: ‘Jelly Bean’.
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Taiwan-based Asustek Computer Inc - better known as ASUS - has revealed the latest incarnation of its PadFone device.
The original PadFone was announced in May last year, combining an Android smartphone with a dockable tablet that transferred the phone’s functions onto a larger screen.
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