Big news but no big surprises
Mark Bridge writes:
In many ways it’s been a week of big news without big surprises. Apple announced the much-rumoured iPad mini, which is just like an iPad but smaller. It also introduced a fourth-generation update to its larger iPad, promising more speed and more 4G connectivity.
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HTC has announced quarterly revenue of NT$70.2 billion (£1.49 billion) and net profit of NT$3.9 billion. Profit was down 79% year-on-year, while revenue was down 48%.
China was described as a key driver of growth for HTC in Q3 2012.
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Although the 4GEE service from EE is bringing 4G mobile phone service to the UK on Monday, the country’s other networks are busy planning a response.
Today Vodafone has launched a ‘4G phone promise’ for customers who sign up to a new contract on certain 3G phones before 31st March next year.
The UK mobile commerce joint venture previously known as ‘Project Oscar’ has been given a formal name.
Announced in June 2011 by Vodafone, Telefónica and Everything Everywhere, the m-commerce venture is now called Weve.
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New research from Strategy Analytics shows that almost 25 million tablet devices were shipped worldwide in the last quarter, with 57% of them running Apple’s iOS and 41% using Android. Microsoft devices - ahead of today’s Windows 8 and Surface tablet launch - had less than a 2% share.
Last year during the same period Android only had a 29% market share.