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iPhone and Android Growing Like Crazy. Downloads up 83%, Phone Activation up 142% from Last Year

Mobile markets love Christmas. Smart phone activations go through the roof, and app downloads explode once the holiday season rolls around. Yet while sales boom at the end of every year, 2011′s holiday sales went off like an atomic bomb.

Key indicators saw the iPhone app market up 83% from November 2010 to November 2011. 6.8 million smart phones (iOS and Android) were activated on Christmas day alone! That’s a 142% increase from last December 25th. Market analysts expect one billion app downloads to be tallied from the 25th to the first of January. This kind of growth in smart phones seems absolutely insane in isolation, but it’s part of an exponential rise in mobile devices that has continued unabated since their arrival. 2011 was the biggest year in history for smart phones, and it looks like every new year in the future will be able to say the same. Billions more people are poised to take advantage of the power of iPhone and Android devices – get ready for a global society where smart phones are absolutely everywhere.

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Apple iPhone 4S Release Date: China and 21 Other Countries Open Sales on Jan. 13

Mainland China and 21 other countries will finally receive Apple’s most advanced smartphone, the iPhone 4S, on Friday, Jan. 13. In a press release, Apple said sales of black and white iPhone 4S units will be soon available in Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Bolivia, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Guam, Guina Conakry, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Niger, Senegal, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, and Turks and Caicos.

“Customer response to our products in China has been off the charts,” said Apple CEO Tim Cook. “With the launch in China next week, iPhone 4S will be available in over 90 countries making this our fastest iPhone rollout ever.”

The iPhone 4S features upgraded internal processors and clocks a download speed twice as fast as its predecessor, the iPhone 4. The 4S also has a better and faster 8-megapixel camera that shoots video in full 1080p HD, features dual-core graphics, a new alternating antenna system for better sound quality and reception, and best of all, a state-of-the-art personal assistant called Siri, which helps the user create and send texts and e-mails, set up meetings and reminders, get directions, call friends, play music and answer highly complex and context-sensitive questions. In fact, Siri is the main reason why most people love the iPhone 4S.

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