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Despite the critics slamming Samsung for the use of plastic again in their Galaxy S4 handset, there is no denying the handset’s popularity which was only been on the rise thanks to its predecessors. Samsung’s CEO, JK Shin, has recently announced that the South Korean tech giant has managed to sell an impressive 40 million Galaxy S4 units worldwide to date since the device’s release about 6 months ago. This 40 million figure is a followup from the company’s announcement a few months ago where they announced 30 million in four months, and 20 million in two months.

In any case as expected, the Galaxy S4 has managed to beat out its predecessor, the Galaxy S3 who sold 40 million units in seven months, so it will definitely be interesting to see how well the Galaxy S5 will perform. As it stands there are rumours suggesting that the Galaxy S5 will feature a metal body, hopefully appealing to its detractors, but at the same time there are rumours that claim otherwise.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Hits 40 Million Units Sold Worldwide original content from Ubergizmo.

With Apple announcing the new iPad Air yesterday, we expect that there will be plenty of customers who can’t wait to get their hands on the device. After all the tablet has managed to maintain its screen size while becoming thinner and slightly narrower, thanks to the bezels being thinner than before. However according to reports, it seems that Apple has placed orders for only 10 million units for Q4 2013 for the iPad Air. While that number is still pretty impressive and could imply how many units Apple plans to sell, it is still a drop from the 14 million sold back in Q4 2012.

This number is expected to be offset with the iPad mini 2 with Retina display, where customers who don’t need the size and don’t want the weight of the iPad Air will turn to. In fact this was one of the alleged concerns Apple had about including a Retina display with their next-fen iPad mini. We had heard that the Cupertino company was worried that the inclusion could drive sales away from the larger iPad. In any case perhaps Apple’s fears are unfounded, but either way we guess we will have to wait for the official numbers to be released to see how well both tablets do. What do you guys think? Will customers start turning towards the iPad mini 2 rather than the larger iPad Air?

iPad Air Orders Could Hit 10 Million In Q4 2013 original content from Ubergizmo.

Apple’s latest computer operating system, OS X Mavericks, was released yesterday and it seems that the operating system is being adopted faster than its predecessor, OS X Mountain Lion. According to the numbers released by analytics firm, GoSquared, they have found that OS X Mavericks now accounts for 6-8% of all OS X traffic. The firm notes that the numbers are still fluctuating at the moment, but they seem to range between 6-8% which is admittedly pretty impressive given that it was released about 24 hours ago.

This is compared to OS X Mountain Lion which only saw an adoption rate of 3% within 48 hours of its launch. However OS X Mavericks was released as a free update and covers a pretty huge range of MacBook laptops as well as Mac desktop computers, which might explain why the adoption rate is higher than Mountain Lion which was a paid upgrade. It will be interesting to see what the numbers are further down the line, where new customers and late adopters will be added to the mix. What do you guys think of OS X Mavericks so far? Worth the upgrade?

OS X Mavericks See 6-8% Adoption In 24 Hours original content from Ubergizmo.

The World Series umpiring crew had the chance to fix a mistake made by second base umpire Dana DeMuth early in Game 1. Unfortunately for the St. Louis Cardinals, no one could undo the error committed by shortstop Pete Kozma on the same play.

With one away, Dustin Pedroia at first and Jacoby Ellsbury at second for the Red Sox in the home half of the opening frame, David Ortiz redirected a cutter from Adam Wainwright toward second baseman Matt Carpenter. He fielded and flipped the ball to Kozma at second for a potential inning-ending double play. Then things got interesting — and incompetent. Second base umpire Dana DeMuth signaled “OUT!’ despite Kozma clearly failing to catch the ball from Carpenter.

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