Here strikes the latest reports regarding the global smartphones and PC sales, where in quite fascinatingly, for the very first time ever Quarterly smartphone sales surpassed PC sales in the Q4 2011 shipments.

According to the reports by Mobile market research firm Canalys the global smartphone shipments have surpassed that of PCs. Vendors shipped 488 million smartphones in 2011 compared to 415 million PCs.

During the Q4 last year, vendors shipped 158.5 million smartphones that is a 57 percent boost from the 101.2 million units sold in Q4 2010. In Q4 Vendors shipped 120.2 million PCs but that number includes tablet PCs and if you take out tablets from the mix, only 93.7 million personal computers were shipped.

Apple has grabbed the top place in the global smartphone shipments that has shipped a record of 93.1 million iPhones in 2011 most of the profits from the smartphone boom, while Samsung grabs the second place with 91.9 million and Nokia the third place with 19.6 million followed by RIM, although the BlackBerry maker’s shipment numbers were not revealed.

On the other hand, the big loser is Microsoft where in unfortunately Windows Phone is dead last in market share, with 1.6 percent global market share.

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Here strikes another smartphone from the line up of Samsung Galaxy and the new phone from Galaxy line up is known as Galaxy S Advance. In spite of the official announcement from the Company, the new Galaxy S Android smartphone has made its appearance at some places even with its model number as GT-i9070.

According to the official reports, the Galaxy S Advance features a 4-inch Super AMOLED Display with 480 x 800 pixel resolution, powered by a 1GHz dual-core CPU with Samsung’s own TouchWiz thrown over the top.

Furthermore the Galaxy S Advance phone runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and is equipped with a 768MB of RAM and includes 16GB of memory. The Galaxy Advance smartphone features a curved design as the Galaxy Nexus.

While coming to the Shooter, the Galaxy S Advance is equipped with a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera and a front-facing camera of 1.3-megapixel. Moreover, the smartphone as well supports HSPA connections at speeds of up to 14.4Mbps.

The reports even claims that Galaxy S Advance smartphone will hit the Russia market next month and later will strike the store sin Africa, Europe, Middle East, Southeast and Southwest Asia, China and Latin America.

Unfortunately, at the moment Samsung has not revealed any details regarding the US availability and also regarding the price tag of the Galaxy S Advance.

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Nokia the Finnish Multinational Communications Corporation has unveiled its fourth quarter 2011 financial results and the good news is Windows Phone sales, which Nokia claims that over 1 million Lumia devices to date has been sold and yet strong demand for the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 smartphones were not adequate to turn Nokia’s ailing earnings.

According to the official reports, in the fourth quarter 2011 the Finnish Multinational company has recorded a €954 million ($1.25bn) profit loss, counting the final 2011 count to a €1.073 billion ($1.4bn) loss, down 43-percent year-on-year.

Furthermore, the total sales of devices were decreased by 29-percent year-on-year, with smart smartphone shipments decreased to 19.6m units from 28.6m a year ago. On the other hand, Gross margin on smartphones as well dived from 28.7-percent to 19.9-percent, despite the fact that the Finnish company did at least restrain its smartphone expenses by over €150 million.

Sadly, on the side Symbian devices are facing issues of their own, with the rising markets that have earlier flocked to Nokia’s cheaper handsets currently looking somewhere else.

CEO of Nokia, Stephen Elop stated that the changing market circumstances are putting augmented pressure on Symbian, noting that in certain markets, there has been an acceleration of the projected trend towards lower-price tagged smartphones with specifications that are dissimilar from Symbian’s traditional strengths.

This indicates that Symbian demand will fade faster than Nokia initially expected, and the Nokia isn’t making any 2012 prophecy because of the unsteadiness of the market place. On the other hand, Nokia’s Lumia 900 smartphone is expected to land on AT&T in the US on March 18 at a price tag of $99.99 with new contract details, to face the challenge in the smartphone market.

Here we go with the latest update from the Japanese Multinational Conglomerate, Sony that has recently unveiled its plans to roll out an iOS version of its Music Unlimited app that has until now been accessible to PCs, Android, and other connected devices like Sony’s PSP, PS3, and BRAVIA TVs.

Tim Schaaff, the President of Sony Entertainment says that being a Sony customer does not necessarily signify every device you own will come from Sony. Further he says that the Music Unlimited iOS app will have all the similar features as the Android version and that there are no plans currently to make certain features exclusive to any particular platform, while he entertained the idea of device-exclusive features in the upcoming.

The Music Unlimited iOS app will at first is compatible for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod, although Sony intends to launch an iPad-optimized version afterward.

At present, Music Unlimited offers approximately 15 million songs on demand without frustrating ads. On the other hand, it’s as well merely available through paid subscription with two service plans.

Well, the Basic service plans at a price tag of $3.99 per month and Premium service plan at a price tag of $9.99 per month. The Premium subscribers who are using the Music Unlimited iOS app can enjoy offline caching of up to 5GB or 5GB of music therefore you can carry on to listen the music even when your device is not connected.

Unfortunately, at the moment Sony has not unveiled any precise details of the launch date. However, it is stated by the people with the matter that the iOS app will be launched in this quarter.

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Toshiba has unveiled the thinnest tablet yet, and it is named as ‘Excite X10’. However, the firm held the thinnest tablet with the Excite X10 is a full 0.6mm thinner, measuring 7.7mm, compared with the Prime’s 8.3mm profile.

The company has announced its thinnest tablet yet Excite X10 on Sunday. The tablet is not only the thinnest one and also the lightest tablet to date, coming with much light weight than Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, in exact to be 0.4 pounds. The Excite X10 is designed in such way that that of tablet design philosophy. But, yet it still makes room for some micro connections like Micro-HDMI, Micro-USB 2.0, and a microSD card slot, and also finds built-in speakers.

Excite also supports Toshiba’s SRS sound enhancement technology, with a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, and an LED backlight 5-megapixel back camera. The thinnest tablet, Excite X10 has an excellent feature for gaming, a silky magnesium alloy backside and a glossy 10.1-inch screen, covered in Gorilla Glass. Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR and Wi-Fi of 802.11b/g/n. Toshiba opted with Texas Instruments CPU instead of NVIDIA; the X10 has as well featuring with a dual-core OMAP 4430-1.2GHz processor.

However, Toshiba Excite X10 will be available in the market from mid first quarter, with price tag of $530 for the 16GB which is the starting price while the higher and upgraded version of 32GB costs $600.

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Here we go with a latest update from the Search Giant, Google which has just now unveiled that Android 4.0, or Ice Cream Sandwich’s native theme, known as ‘Holo’, is necessary for any Android 4.0 device in order to have access to the Search Giant’s plethora of apps, as well as the Android Market.

As you are aware, that Ice Cream Sandwich’s native UI theme would be seated into the Operating System level of the platform, however, to compulsory access to the Android Market? This is quite a step further than earlier thought to be.

The Search Giant’s default Holo theme is basically a set of UI widgets and design elements, which developers can utilize in developing apps. Despite the fact that this may perhaps indicate that the Search giant has opened the choice to third-party developers to design widgets and apps with the native theme, it does not at all signify that Google is mandating the usage of the theme on anyone, in particular not manufacturers.

Google’s Holo theme will strike as the default theme for any app that does not request exclusively the device’s default skin, which essentially indicates that the look and feel of third-party Android skins, like HTC’s Sense UI, Samsung’s TouchWiz, and others, won’t integrate as deep into third -party apps apart from developers design them to do so.

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Motorola Droid 4 is the present hot cake in the web from couple of days, which is striking the web recently with its launch date. Now here we go with the official specifications of the Droid 4, the fourth in the family of DROID line from Motorola and Verizon.

Motorola’s new smartphone Droid 4 will be landing on the Carrier; Verizon on December 8^th. Quite attractively, this is the date for the rumored release date of Samsung’s highly anticipated Galaxy Nexus.

Going on with the specs for the Droid 4, the specs mostly match those of the Droid Razr, with the clear addition of some extra features for the sliding keyboard. Well, the 4-inch qHD screen appears to be a holdover from the DROID 3. On the other hand, the leaked promotional material doesn’t mention a Super AMOLED panel like the RAZR, so it can be LCD or AMOLED?

The smartphone is equipped with a similar keyboard to what we have seen in the DROID 3, though with slightly more raised centers on the keys and a bit more space around the board. Further the phone has an 8-megapixel camera on the back capable of recording 1080p video, and no world on front camera but hope; it might be around 1.3-megapixels HDMI output, and full-HD 1080p video recording.

The device is having a 12.7mm thin, a hair thinner than the DROID 3, having a powerful 1.2GHz dual-core OMAP4430 processor, with 16GB of storage, with a 785mAh battery. Moreover, some of the sources familiar with the matter claim that the device would be running on Android 2.3.5.

Sadly, at the moment the Company did not reveal any information regarding the exact release date and price tag, but hope the release date would be December 8^th.

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LG G-Slate Tablet looks quite familiar? Yes, couple of days back T-mobile and LG Electronics has revealed its new tablet and now the LG G-Slate the first tablet to run Android 3.0 Honeycomb smacks with a new leak stating that the LG G-Slate is going to hit the market on April 20th.

According to the new leak report, LG Electronics is going to release G-Slate along with its new device T-Mobile G2x on the same day (April 20th). T-Mobile G2x is the version of  LG Optimus 2X. LG has readied the device for the international market with Android 2.2 operating system. Here comes the doubt whether the T-Mobile version will have Android 2.2 operating system or it would be stock Android.

Do you remember LG’s new tablet release date which leaked to be 23rd March 2010? Yet till now there is no update on this and here comes the latest news about the new release date which is 20th April? However, one thing is confirm about the LG- Slate Tablet which is going to hit the CTIA on Monday at Orlando.

G-Slate is a 10-inch tablet from LG which will run on Android 3.0 Honeycomb and is equipped with 3D capabilities built-in support for 3D graphics which enables users to share and capture their separate 3D videos and experience 3D HD content, this can be grab only with the help of 3D glasses.

LG G-Slate is armed with  5-megapixel camera for photos and a 2-megapixel, front-facing camera for video chat , 8.9-inch WXGA (1280 × 720 pixels) 3D-capable multi-touch display, T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network or WiF connectivity and also 1080p HD video capture capabilities,
The new LG G-Slate features 32GB of internal memory, Adobe Flash support, Dual core 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, with Accelerometer and Adaptive Lighting sensors for the final gaming experience.

The new Honeycomb operating system in the LG G-Slate helps users to access Google Maps 5.0 with 3D communication and also helps in accessing more than 3 million eBooks, Google Talk with voice chat and video and also includes many more latest features.

Finally, if the rumors are true we will be having the long awaited T-Mobile G-Slate and G2x on April 20th.

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Logitech Surround Sound Speakers Z906 is the Successor to the Award-Winning Logitech Z-5500 Speakers. The new Sound Speakers Z906 Offers 5.1 system carries 500 watts (RMS) of power which delivers theater-quality sound for your movies, games, music and more.

According to the reports, the new Logitech’s speakers have met strict performance standards to attain THX certification by which you can be confident that your entertainment will sound the way it was meant to.

The key features of the new Logitech Surround Sound Speakers Z906 are its Digital Detail, Quality control, Immerse yourself, and its more Flexibility.

Digital Detail: 5.1 system digital decoding allow full surround soundtracks.

Quality Control: THX certification has been achieved to the Speakers Z906 of Logitech to maintain standard performance, which indicates that your system will work according to your wish.

Immerse Yourself: 500 watts (RMS) of power delivers thunderous audio, which can be enjoyed by everyone, mainly at the times of parties.

More Flexibility: Sound Speakers Z906 can be connected up to six audio devices simultaneously, including your TV, DVD, DVR, Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION3, Wii, iPod and more.

The new Logitech Surround Sound Speakers Z906 Weight: 13.3 kg and is packed with Speaker Dimensions (DxWxH), Subwoofer: 318 mm x 280 mm x 292 mm, Stackable Control Console: 17.9 mm x 42 mm x 110 mm, Remote Control: 18 mm x 42 mm x 110 mm, Satellite Speakers: 92 mm x 99 mm x 165 mm and Center Channel: 92 mm x 165 mm x 99 mm.

Finally, the Logitech Surround Sound Speakers Z906 is available at a price tag of $349.99 (or £329) with a 2 year limited warranty.

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The Game Developers Conference 2011 has introduced some awesome hot products, such as cool games, technologies and gadgets.

The Game Developers Conference 2011 is planning to introduce some hot products, which would grab the attention of the people. Serenity Caldwell, the Staff Editor of Macworld and Stephanie Kent, the Editorial Intern visited the Game Developers Conference at Moscone Center at San Francisco to check out the hot products on the display floor. They found some awesome games, technologies and gadgets. Three gadgets were attractive from the rest.

The first one is, the Nintendo 3DS, the successor of Nintendo DS line. It is the competitor for iPhone in the mobile market. The special feature of Nintendo 3DS is, 3D games could be played without wearing special glasses. It is the first one introduced in the industry. It has dual cameras, just like iPhone with front and rear along with touch screen interface. It also allows you to take 3D pictures unlike iPhone. The users can play games in 3D with the additional screen.

It has three new options of interfaces such as the circle pad, motion sensor and gyro sensor, which make the device interactive and versatile for the games. It costs $250 and it will be available from March 27, 2011 with 18 games initially and within a month, another 30 games will be available.

Second, Parrot’s quad-copter, the AR Drone with remote control. The interesting thing is that, it is controlled by iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with dual cameras, one in the front and one at the bottom. The terrain will be seen around AR Drone with iOS device. The application is free for download from the App store, but you should have quad-copter for it to work and it costs $299.

The last one is Sphero, a gadget using iOS device as a remote control. It uses both accelerometer and gyroscope technologies. It plays tags with other Spheros, rolls around and ramps up. It is expected to be available for $129 during holiday season this year. The developers are also working on free and paid games, which work with Sphero.

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