This week the analysts at Kantar Worldpanel ComTech have released a study which showed, amongst other smartphone statistics, that the iPhone 4S release's change to Apple's pricing structure has kept the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS at pre-4S sales levels. This study also showed such revelations as the idea that over half of the population in the UK current owns a smartphone of some type and Apple having a massive 29.1% market share while Windows Phone 7 sits at a tiny 2%. While Android's share is unlisted in the study, it does trump Apple - but consider how well the single phone with several iterations (the iPhone) is doing, one must take it all into perspective.
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Dash Race for iPhone Review
The game Dash Race is just about the most unique racing game you’re going to find on any platform – and I say that having played my fair share. What you’ll do in this iPhone-based pencil and grid racing game is draw lines from one square to the next, each player taking turns to see who can best the other in their mathematically calculated set of turns and straightaways. This game is derived from a game that you may have played while wasting time between classes in high school – in this case you won’t have to do any of the calculating yourself (unless of course you want to.)
WinZip for iOS Review
It’s time to make the opening of ZIP files easy, finally, on the the iOS platform for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. This application takes files that have been compressed with the .ZIP file extension and opens them up for you – but more than that, it’s able to show you what’s inside without you having to run the files in other applications. In the example we’ve got here, a simple image is sent in a .ZIP file through email, opened in the basic Mail app, and the image is previewed inside WinZip.
Apple App Store hitting 25 billion downloads imminently
The folks at Apple have announced the soon to be hit 25 billion downloads mark from the iTunes App Store – that is, all apps downloaded for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. These apps number in the millions, and now the downloads of these apps have nearly reached the 25th billion – that’s no tiny mile mark. When the 25 billionth download is hit, the person to grab that final download is said to be eligible to win a $10,000 App Store Gift Card – you could download the whole darn place with that kind of cash!
SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: February 17, 2012
The first thing you should look at this morning is, believe it or not, our review of Pinterest for the iPhone 4S. And I want to take this opportunity to encourage you to tell us what other apps you'd like your humble narrator to review as I continue my journey with the iPhone 4S through the next few weeks. Next take a journey down the Playstation Vita line as Sony details how you'll use it with the PlayStation 3. HTC has had its HTC One X quad-core device detailed spilled all over the place - and we're excited as heck!
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iOS 5.1 GM leak confirms Japanese Siri & camera shortcut
Siri's incoming Japanese skills have apparently been confirmed, with a leaked copy of the iOS 5.1 Gold Master showing the new language addition in the settings menu, as well as a tweaked iPhone lockscreen. Hints of Siri's new linguistic abilities had been shown earlier in the week, when the virtual personal assistant itself began confirming Japanese was supported, and BGR's access to a leak of the GM 5.1 release confirms it.
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Pinterest for iPhone Review
As the sharing environment and website known as Pinterest gain heavy steam in the art and design community around the world, it’s only natural that the developers behind this already massively successful platform would create a mobile app. It’s the iPhone 4S we’re taking a look at Pinterest’s version 1.4.2 app with, and it’s the iPhone that this app is made for. What you’ll find is that not only do you have most of the abilities you’ve got in the web browser version of this app at your disposal, the fact that you’ve got Pinterest in your hand rather than on your computer screen makes it more entertaining than ever before – and that’s saying something, Pinterest is addicting!
PureTek iPhone screen protectors promise one-shot perfection
It's not easy differentiating between protection kits for the iPhone, but one we're seeing this week is looking to set itself apart in the ease in use department. This is the PureTek Roll-On Screen Shield Kit for iPhone 4/4S, and the magic is really in the applying mechanism. What you get is the screen protector plastic itself, but also an "error-free application tray" to go with it.
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Snow Lizard Products AQUA TEK S water-proof iPhone case announced
There's a Kickstarter project being announced this week that'll bring a case like no other to the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. This project is the Snow Lizard Products newest case and it goes by the name AQUA TEK S, a first of its kind "ruggedized," waterproof, and solar powered battery booster case. This case will come in a variety of different case colors and for a cool $100 you can get in early on the action early!
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Apple top for smartphones in 2011 but Android extends OS lead
Apple took top place in the worldwide smartphone charts in Q4 2011, new stats have suggested today, clinching the overall number one position for the year with 19-percent of the market. iPhone sales made up almost a quarter of smartphone purchases worldwide in the three months leading up to the end of 2011, Gartner claims, with Samsung taking the number two spot. In cellphones overall, Nokia remains on top of the charts but with a sliding market share, 23.8-percent of the worldwide market in 2011 but down over five points from 2010.
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VooMote Zapper iPhone Universal Remote Control Review
The device you’re about to see is a tiny piece of technology that plugs into the 30-pin port on your iPhone, your iPod Touch, or your iPad. What you’ll get when you connect to the application that comes free from the iTunes App Store is a universal remote for essentially any television-connected device you’ve got in your living room. We’ve got the original release of the VooMote Zapper here, and what you’ll see is only the beginning of your VooMote experience.
Siri update may be for iPad 3
Apple has tossed a brand new wrench into the gears of your iDevice hacking dreams, this time cutting out all devices from using Siri and her servers if you do not have the iPhone 4S. This device is currently the only device approved by Apple to use Siri, but as thousands of Siri-hungry Apple fans out there will tell you, they want it everywhere! Apple has released a brand new stopper for this situation so that the iPhone 4S is the only device that can Siri the night away, it being a simple token in the software that detects your device in so many words - on the other hand, this "fix" could just be to allow in the upcoming iPad 3.
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