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Samsung – the market leader in smartphones
In the first quarter of 2013, Samsung has once again become the world’s largest smartphone vendor, controlling over 30% of the market. However, the financial performance of the South Korean manufacturer for the period were even more impressive.
According to analyst firm Strategy Analytics, from January to March inclusive market of smartphones running Android made a profit of $ 5.3 billion. In this case, 94.7% of all the money earned Samsung – its revenues from the sale of Android-smartphone was $ 5.1 billion second place in the list LG has taken with the “paltry” $ 100 million, while other suppliers went and did a little.
Analysts have paid attention to the other no less interesting fact on smartphones running Android Samsung has earned more than the operating system,
The popularity of mobile operating systems in the first quarter of 2013
Analysis Agency International Data Corporation (IDC) released the results of study on the popularity of mobile software platforms in the first quarter of 2013.
It is easy to guess that the most common operating system for smartphones was Google Android, but let’s look at the numbers, “smart” phones that work under its management, control about 75% of the market. The second position was left for Apple iOS c indicator of the market share of 17.3%, the third place in Microsoft c its Windows Phone – 3,2%, the Redmond company is slightly inferior to the Canadian BlackBerry with its latest OS – 2.9%, closes the top five Linux – 1%. Note that if you compare the actual figures with those for last year’s reporting period, it showed a positive trend, only the
Why Android is more vulnerable to malware?
It is well known that Android , from Google , is an operating system for mobile devices that are suffering many more security issues iOS , Apple.
Many say, and they are right, this is because Google is not as rigid as Apple, and therefore does not restrict discharges, operating system adaptations user level, etc..
But going a step further, explaining why the operating system Android is attacked and there is much more malware than iOS, is mainly due to one factor: the updating mechanisms so different that have both operating systems.
While Google delegated to third parties (operators or device manufacturers) so they decide when users can update their versions of Android operating system, in the case of Apple, it is the manufacturer who keeps track of versions and enables these are available
Computer that has the size of a grain of sand
It is a known fact that the size of the hardware components is reduced to a higher pace.
A recurrent interest among scientists is to create complete computer systems in the smaller format possible. One of the achievements in this regard has been the creation of genetic transistors which make it possible to embed computer systems in living cells.
On this occasion, the University of Michigan, United States, scientists have developed prototypes of computers in miniature with a dimension of only 1 cubic millimeter; in other words, the same size as a grain of sand.
The information has been provided by the site Humans Invent, which emphasizes that it is not independent components, but a full computer system consisting of processor, storage and communications system support. The creators of this
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is official Google Edition
The new Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition is a version of the popular handset from Samsung but TouchWiz layer, but having Android operating system in a pure state as its platform, and bootloader unlocked.
This first day of the Google I / O 2013 has seen many ads get very interesting, although most developers target for the operating systemAndroid . But in the meantime announcement related to software we have seen the birth of a new mobile device, or rather, a variation of a very popular model and the highest range. Hugo Barra has introduced the Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition, a version of the popular handset from Samsung but with Android operating system in its purest , and most attractive features.
Every Android user is aware that every manufacturer customizes Android
Secrets of Google maps or “Big picture from a distance”
Somewhere in Italy lies on its side giant pink bunny
What can a fighter in the car park in Paris?
Wreck near the city of Basra in the south-eastern Iraq
Airplane graveyard in the Arizona desert
The giant circle on the field as a Firefox logo in Oregon
The aliens have nothing to do with it, is the work of artists from Egypt
The architects of this military base in San Diego, and probably do not understand what made
One feels that Oprah Winfrey enjoys great popularity in Arizona
People and camels at a water source in Nigeria
A giant portrait of Genghis Khan in Mongolia
These “wreck” in Hong Kong – just a shopping center
This logo Coca-Cola is made from old soda bottles and is located on a hillside in Chile
Samsung sales grow 10 times faster than Apple
According to the latest study released by Canalys during the first quarter global sales of smartphones, tablets and laptops totaled 308.7 million units (216.3 million, 50.5 million and 41.9 million respectively). Again Android sweeps with a market share of 75.6% , thanks in large part to the relentless growth of Samsung .
And during the first three months of the year the Korean company experienced an increase in sales of smartphones of 64.3% compared with the same period last year. In total, 82.2 million of equipment between smartphones, tablets and laptops. Nothing more and nothing less than 26.6% of all devices sold worldwide and 35% of all Android devices. Come on, that of five handsets sold in the world, one (and peak) is Samsung. And they sell many.
Regarding Apple, negatively surprised
