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Everyone knows that Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android are two of the largest mobile operating systems currently available, with companies such as Microsoft and Blackberry trailing behind with their respective products. However in a recently released report by Kantar World Panel, their figures are showing that Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform is currently gaining market share and sits at 4.1%, an increase from 2012 which saw it at 2.7%, making it third in the smartphone operating system market. Blackberry (formerly known as RIM) is at 0.7%, although we’re not sure if Kantar is measuring the older Blackberry platform, or if they have combined it with Blackberry 10 as well.

iOS has also slipped from first place to 43.5%, while Android now commands over half the market share at 51.2%. It should be noted that these figures are based in the US and we expect that other countries will have different numbers, but in the meantime what do you guys make of this? Anyone surprised by these numbers or did you already see it coming?

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The big winners in the three-month period ending in February in terms of smartphone share globally and in the U.S. were Android and Windows Phone, according to Kantar Worldpanel, with BlackBerry experiencing significant declines in consumer interest and iOS remaining fairly level in most markets. The bad news for BlackBerry is that it saw its smartphone OS share decline even in the U.K., where it launched BB10 and its new hardware at the end of January.

Windows Phone isn’t really posing a threat to iOS or Android, which continue to dominate smartphone share is all markets, but it is starting to pull away from BlackBerry and Symbian when it comes to making a strong showing as a third place contender. In the U.S., Windows accounted for 4.1 percent of smartphone sales in the three-month period ending February 2013, up from 2.7 percent for the year-ago quarter. BlackBerry, by contrast, represented only 0.7 percent of smartphone sales in the U.S. according to Kantar, down from 3.6 percent during the same time in 2012.

In the U.K., BlackBerry slid from 16.8 percent of all smartphone sales in the three-month period ending in February last year, to just 5.1 percent of sales for the same span in 2013. That’s a drop of 11.u7 percentage points, during a period that included a full month of BB10 device sales. BlackBerry itself claimed 1 million devices shipped for its most recent fiscal quarter, which included BB10 launches in Canada and the U.K., but when pressed about how much of that represented actual sales, execs hedged and noted that it was “sort of” closer to between two-thirds and three-quarters of that 1 million figure on its investor conference call.

Android’s performance has likewise been strong, with big increases in many markets, including Great Britain, Germany, and Mexico. And while iOS remains relatively stable, with either small slides or gains across the board, it isn’t losing significant ground to the competition in any market: Android is eating space given up by legacy players like Symbian, which in most cases is dropping share quicker than BlackBerry. BlackBerry has the most to lose, however, since Symbian is no longer being actively developed. We’ll see if the gradual worldwide rollout of BB10 can reverse some of the losses being reported by Kantar in the coming months.

It was just a couple of days ago when we heard that Evernote announced Evernote 5 for Android, so where does that leave us folks who prefer to side with the Windows Phone platform? Well, version 3.0 of Evernote for Windows Phone is now available, and it certainly brings with it a slew of changes not to be trifled with. After all, Evernote CTO Dave Engberg did mention in the past that the average revenue, per user, from its Windows Phone users was actually more than the larger Android user base.

One of the new features would be Shortcuts, letting users jump to any frequently accessed note, notebook or log in a jiffy. Creating a shortcut is as simple as making a long tap on any of those items, where said shortcut will then appear on the Home Screen. These shortcuts can sync across platforms, as they are available on Mac, Android and Windows Phone, so that all shortcuts created on a certain platform too, will appear on the other platforms – how neat is that? Other features include a tag list, the creation and editing of checkboxes, Notebook Stacks, and premium Evernote users have the advantage of accessing Document Search in the Windows Phone app. Go on, give it a go and let us know how your experience is like!

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This week at the Game Developer’s Conference 2013 it’s been announced that a variety of new titles will be coming to Windows Phone 8, including the highly popular Temple Run. When it comes to the mobile app ecosystem, there are a few kings and queens and a whole lot of lesser titles – Temple Run is one of the gods. When the original Temple Run was pushed to Android, it’d already been one of the hottest-selling games on iOS for several months, exploding then onto Google’s mobile OS like a flash of lightning.

When this app comes to Windows Phone devices, you’ll find slightly less of a flash, but a flash nonetheless. The developers behind the app, Imangi, have made it clear that they’ll be releasing this app to Windows Phone devices soon and very soon – we’ll see exactly when just a bit sooner! In addition to this title, several other games have been revealed to be coming to Microsoft’s mobile OS rather rapidly.

The rest of the list goes like this: 6th Planet, Orcs Must Survive, Flight Theory, Ruzzle, Propel Man, Drift Mania Championship – and more! We’ll be taking a peek at each of them this week to see how fabulous they really are. Meanwhile be sure to let us know if you’ve found any of them to be particularly excellent!

Below you’ll see a brief hands-on video with the original Temple Run game for Android courtesy of our pals at Android Community. This game is essentially the same as the one you’ll be downloading for Windows Phone today, controls and all!

UPDATE: According to Microsoft, each of the games above will be available to purchase and play today! – Or if not today, throughout the rest of the week. Stay tuned!

Temple Run hits Windows Phone today! is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Temple Run has been making millions of its players endlessly run to see how far they can get with their stolen idol ever since it was originally released back in the summer of 2011 on iOS. Imangi Studios released the Android version of Temple Run several months later in March 27 2012, and exactly one year later, Windows Phone finally gets the Temple Runs.

If you’re a Windows Phone user who is expecting to play Temple Run 2 on your device, you’ll be severely disappointed as this is the original Temple Run that has been released. In other words, don’t expect to endlessly run your way in the great outdoors as you zip-line and minecart your way through the game. (more…)

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