Digital Trends - Market analysis firm Strategy Analytics has released its analysis of the worldwide tablet market during the fourth quarter of 2011, and finds that while the Apple iPad continues to dominate with a 58 percent share, Android tablets are catching up, accounting for 39 percent of the market. And even Windows tablets put in an appearance, accounting for roughly one percent of the global market. The figures represent a solid year-on-year improvement for Android, which Strategy Analytics pegged at holding 29 percent of the tablet market a year ago.

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Yahoo! News - Looking for the most rugged smartphone on the planet? Well then, meet the new Casio — yes, that Casio — Android G-Shock. It’s the kind of smartphone that Lewis and Clark would have taken with them had there been 4G cell service in 1804. …

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Reuters - Nokia Oyj reported a 73 percent fall in fourth-quarter earnings as sales of its new Windows Phones failed to dent the dominance of Apple Inc’s iPhone or compensate for diving sales of its own old smartphones.

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AP - Mobile phone maker Nokia Corp. on Thursday posted a fourth-quarter net loss of euro1.07 billion ($1.38 billion) as sales slumped 21 percent even as the company’s first Windows smartphones hit markets in Europe and Asia.

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Appolicious - Google’s winning smartphone strategy was to make Android open source and invite anyone and everyone to create a device for their mobile platform. It worked, as HTC, Motorola and others jumped on the opportunity to create smartphones to rival the iPhone. However, the market was reset when Apple released the iPad. Yet another game-changer, the iPad set new standards for tablets, and is already prepping for a third generation release. All the while, Google’s been building an Android platform designed for tablets, eventually releasing Android 4. …

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AP - Japanese electronics company NEC Corp. says it is slashing 10,000 jobs worldwide amid deteriorating earnings due to weakness in its mobile phone business and flooding in Thailand that hit its platform business.

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Appolicious - Today’s fresh apps all go fast! Fast music (Red Hot Chili Peppers), fast driving (GBikes Demo), and fast spiny mammals (Sonic 4 Episode 1). Slip an anti-shock cover over your Android and press INSTALL.

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Reuters - Tablet computers using Google’s Android software narrowed the lead of Apple’s iPad on the global market in the fourth quarter, research firm Strategy Analytics said on Thursday.

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AP - Haiti’s biggest employer has named a new chief executive to run Digicel, the mobile phone company announced Wednesday.

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Appolicious - Looking for a new musical app experience? Tired of listening to the same song over and over? Check out the free, radical and super-fun musical Raditaz app for Android. It’s similar to Pandora, as in you can start by picking an artist to create a station. This allows you to listen to music by that artist and similar artists. Only Raditaz says it has 15 times the number of songs as Pandora! And, the Raditaz app doesn’t have any ads. Wow, it beats Pandora in my book right there alone. So how is it free? Raditaz employees working in a basement, or so it says in the ad copy.

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