Nokia has been trying hard to push its Lumia lineup of smartphones into the limelight. Although the company has dished out a few excellent Lumia handsets in the later part of 2012, they are far from mainstream. In total, Nokia was able to sell 4.4 million Lumia devices during the fourth quarter of 2012.
Users at large may not feel the urge to switch to 4G LTE yet, but the technology has gained unprecedented growth over the last three years. The subscriber base now includes nearly 100 million users worldwide. Current trends suggest that LTE subscriber base will hit 1 billion by 2016, according to IHS iSuppli.
LG has tried hard over the years to gain a sizable foothold into the smartphone market but it hasn’t exactly succeeded. The company has launched a number of high-end smartphones in recent past. At least one of these, namely Optimus G, seems to have picked up some success, with LG announcing that it has now sold more than 1 million Optimus G smartphones.
Until now, Chromebook fans were restricted between Samsung or ASUS while purchasing laptops with Google’s Chrome OS. They will be happy to know that another laptop maker has decide to enter the Chromebook market. Lenovo has announced to launch its very first Chromebook under the ThinkPad line,called Thinkpad X131e Chromebook.
Just recently, a new version of AOKP build was released for Nexus 4, 7, 10 & Galaxy Nexus; it is based on Android Jelly Bean 4.2.1.
Payments made via mobile devices are becoming an increasingly popular service. Select carriers around the world have already made the option available to their customers. UK is also on its way to make the option available with a number of its financial institutions so that UK mobile users will be able to send and receive payments via text messages.
During the second quarter of 2012, iPhone sales had considerably slowed down. This was primarily because of the anticipation that surrounded the launch of iPhone 5. Once Apple launched the new smartphone, the sales picked up again and an analyst has now estimated that Apple shipped nearly 52 million iPhone devices during the 4th quarter of 2012!
A few years back, Apple swept the world with its offerings of iPhone and iPad. Apple’s smartphone, specifically, became the height of cool and people flocked in millions to lay their hands on an iPhone. But thing are changing as a new market research reveals that teenagers no longer hold Apple as a cool brand.