Over the past year as more U.S. consumers have adopted smartphones — more than half of the population now uses one — the number of installed applications is up for both Android(s goog) and iOS(s aapl) devices. Yet the amount of time spent using those applications hasn’t changed much, says Nielsen. In 2011, the average amount of time in apps was 37 minutes per day; a year later, it’s just 39 minutes…
Research firm Gartner released its numbers today for “Worldwide Mobile Device Sales” during Q1 2012. There are not many surprises in the report when it comes to Apple, but Gartner estimated Samsung sold 38 smartphones during the quarter, which is less than the 42.2 million estimated by IDC earlier this month and more than the 32 million by IHS iSuppli…
Taiwan-based publication Liberty Times (translated, via Macotakara) shared an interesting bit of information this evening about the rumored 7.85-inch “iPad Mini.” The publication reported that LG and AU Optronics were certified to supply the LCD panel for the iPad Mini. Furthermore, it goes on to claim that both manufacturers are working to ship the panels for production and for a release sometime during the latter half of 2012.
“Ich bedaure nicht, dass ich hier geboren bin und einen Teil meines Lebens hier zugebracht habe, denn ich habe so gelebt, dass ich allen Grund habe anzunehmen, ich sei in gewisser Weise nützlich gewesen. Wenn nun das Ende kommt, will ich das Leben so verlassen, als ginge ich aus einem Gasthof fort und nicht aus meinem eigenen Haus, denn ich bin der Meinung, dass uns unser hiesiger Aufenthalt nur als vorübergehend und zeitweiliger bestimmt ist.
– Cicero, zitiert von Leo Tolstoi, Für alle Tage
