At the heart of ZTE's next-generation smartphones will be Intel's dual-core Atom Processor Z2580 processor, the Chinese company announced this week.
This strategic partnership incorporates the fastest of the three Clover Trial+ CPUs announced at Mobile World Conference 2013, with a clock speed of 2.0 GHz.
That's significantly speedier than the last-generation 1.6 GHz Intel Atom Z2460 processor that ZTE put into its first Intel smartphone, the Android-based ZTE Grand X IN.
At the same time, ZTE said that next-generation Z2580-based phones will be able to "deliver the same competitive battery life."
"The platform's dual-core processor with Intel Hyper-Threading Technology provides double the compute performance and up to 3x graphics capabilities over the Intel Atom Z2460 processor," said ZTE in a press release.
Four Leaf Clover Trail+ relationship
ZTE said that it will build off of the success of the Grand X IN, but didn't reveal whether or not its next-generation Intel smartphones will be Android-powered and has yet to announce any other specifications.
"The Grand X IN was ZTE's first flagship smartphone in Europe to feature Intel Inside," said ZTE Europe Mobile Devices General Manager Ao Wen.
"We've launched it successfully across Europe in strong cooperation with Intel, and as a result have significantly increased our brand awareness in these important markets."
Governments have been less than thrilled with the the Chinese manufacturer, but Intel seems smitten with its continued relationship with the company.
"ZTE is a fast growing global handset maker that strives to create products with features and capabilities that people care most about," said an Intel spokesperson to TechRadar.
"We share a similar goal in that our focus is on providing customers with compelling Intel technology options that ultimately translate into great products and user experiences."
Intel finally inside more smartphones
With the exception of the Grand X IN, ZTE has been using other semiconductor chipset makers for phones like the ZTE Grand S, ZTE Grand Memo and FireFox OS-running ZTE Open.
However, Intel is taking steps to rival Qualcomm Snapdragon and ARM Cortex processors and make itself a bigger player in the mobile space.
When TechRadar asked about the timing of its move, an Intel spokesperson said that "there is a tremendous amount of innovation happening in the market segment and the landscape is continually evolving."
"Computing is also becoming more and more prevalent in smartphones and we see this as a natural extension of Intel technology. We see tremendous opportunity ahead."
While Apple is reportedly working on a fix to be included in its next software update, Samsung has yet to address this particular issue.
Emergency con-hacks
The bug was exposed by Sean McMillan on the Full Disclosure mailing list, where he detailed step-by-step just how simple it was to gain access to any Galaxy S3.
Though some efforts took more attempts than others, he was able to full open three separate S3s using a combination of button presses that anyone could easily memorize.
Fortunately, it doesn't appear to be an Android issue, and seems to be localized to Samsung's software rather than the widespread Google operating system.
TechRadar asked Samsung to find out if there will be a fix incoming, and will update this story when the company responds.
A new bug has emerged on the Samsung Galaxy S3, which when active, enables anyone to bypass the lockscreen with relative ease.
By tricking the smartphone into allowing you to enter the emergency contacts, the full device can be unlocked for anyone with bad intentions for your Galaxy S3.
Samsung isn't the first manufacturer to fall victim to a lockscreen busting bug, as Apple's iOS only recently went through a similar situation.
While Apple is reportedly working on a fix to be included in its next software update, Samsung has yet to address the issue.
Emergency con-hacks
The bug was exposed by Sean McMillan on the Full Disclosure mailing list, where he detailed step by step just how simple it was to gain access to any Galaxy S3.
Though some efforts took more tries than others, he was able to full open three separate S3s using a combination of button presses that anyone could easily memorize.
Fortunately, it doesn't appear to be an Android issue, and seems to be localized to Samsung's software rather than the widespread Google operating system.
TechRadar has reached out to Samsung to find out if there will be a fix incoming, and will update this story when they respond.
Google's latest Android usage statistics reveal that Android 4.0: Ice Cream Sandwich and Android 4.1/4.2: Jelly Bean together have finally surpassed the older Gingerbread OS in usage.
Google tracks the devices that access Google Play within specific 14-day periods and regularly publishes the results on the Android Developers website.
The statistics published at the start of March peg Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with 28.6 percent of the Android world and 4.1/4.2: Jelly Bean with 16.5 percent. Combined, that's 45.1 percent.
In January, ICS and Jelly Bean users totaled just 39.3, with 2.3: Gingerbread hanging on to its lead at 47.6 percent. But the latest numbers show Gingerbread usage reduced to 44.2 percent, for the first time putting 2.3 in second place to versions 4.0 and above.
Android wars
Google regularly releases Android usage statistics so that developers can angle their apps to reach the most users possible.
In understanding which versions of the Android OS are on the most devices, app developers can better prioritize their updates.
In January it became clear that Jelly Bean was being adopted more quickly than Ice Cream Sandwich had upon its debut in 2011.
That continues to be the case in March; Ice Cream Sandwich users have actually dropped from 29.1 percent to their current 28.6 percent since January, while Jelly Bean rose from 10.2 percent all the way to 16.5 percent.
It seems plenty of devices are being upgraded from ICS to Jelly Bean, and Android users who trade up from Gingerbread are likely going straight to Jelly Bean as well.
Other versions of Android, including 1.6: Donut, 2.1: Eclair, 2.2: Froyo, and 3.1/3.2: Honeycomb, currently account for just 10.9 of total devices.
Google's latest Android usage statistics reveal that Android 4.0: Ice Cream Sandwich and Android 4.1/4.2: Jelly Bean collectively have finally surpassed the older Gingerbread OS in usage.
Google tracks the devices that access Google Play within specific 14-day periods and regularly publishes the results on the Android Developers website.
The statistics published at the start of March peg Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with 28.6 percent of the Android world and 4.1/4.2: Jelly Bean with 16.5 percent. Combined, that's 45.1 percent.
In January, ICS and Jelly Bean users totaled just 39.3, with 2.3: Gingerbread hanging on to its lead at 47.6 percent. But the latest numbers show Gingerbread usage reduced to 44.2 percent, for the first time putting 2.3 in second place to versions 4.0 and above.
Android wars
Google regularly releases Android usage statistics so that developers can angle their apps to reach the most users possible.
In understanding which versions of the Android OS are on the most devices, app developers can better prioritize their updates.
In January it became clear that Jelly Bean was being adopted more quickly than Ice Cream Sandwich had upon its debut in 2011.
That continues to be the case in March; Ice Cream Sandwich users have actually dropped from 29.1 percent to their current 28.6 percent since January, while Jelly Bean rose from 10.2 percent all the way to 16.5 percent.
It seems plenty of devices are being upgraded from ICS to Jelly Bean, and Android users who trade up from Gingerbread are likely going straight to Jelly Bean as well.
Other versions of Android, including 1.6: Donut, 2.1: Eclair, 2.2: Froyo, and 3.1/3.2: Honeycomb, currently account for just 10.9 of total devices.
iTunes Store gift cards have been popping up in more places than milk and sliced bread in recent years, but if your loved one is an avid Android enthusiast that easy, versatile present idea goes out of the window.
Thankfully Google has remedied the ill preventing our generous gestures and (those of our own friends and family members) by bringing Google Play gift cards to the UK.
The cards, which can be used to purchase anything on the Play Store (apps, music, movies, books, magazines, etc.) have gone on sale for £10, £25 and £50.
Right now they're only available in selected Tesco's and Morrison's branches and will be rolling out to all of their locations around the UK in the coming weeks.
It seems likely that if they prove a hit with UK shoppers, then we'll soon be seeing the vouchers competing with iTunes for all manner of shelf space at a wide range of stores across the nation.
It seems that poor HTC just can't catch a break. The company released the first 1080p smartphone in the US with the DROID DNA, followed by the first global 1080p smartphone - the HTC Butterfly and yet its sales have failed to pick up.
Previously the company identified its poor marketing efforts as the cause for the unconvincing performance and promised to do something about it. The first attempt it made was to hold a dedicated event for its new One flagship, instead of introducing it at the MWC floor, so the smartphone has more time in the spotlight.
We'll see if this strategy works and exactly how much of an impact the One will make, but the fact is last March HTC stock was trading at over NT$600, and now it sits at just NT$255.50, a 57% decline.
The trend will probably continue now as HTC confirmed that its sales for February 2013 drop 44% compared to the same period of last year. In the past month HTC brought in NT$11 billion ($384 million), compared to over NT$20 million ($685 million) for the February 2012.
Here's hoping that HTC manages to right the ship, as it's a shame to see a company that otherwise makes such quality products suffer because of poor marketing decisions.
With the Samsung Galaxy S4 launch just days away, word comes that the Korean company is preparing to unveil a new 5.9-inch smartphone later this year.
This, indeed, could be the Galaxy Note 3, and with the source claiming that the new device will follow Samsung's habit of releasing a Note "in the latter half of the year", it's looking quite likely.
The source also claims that the alleged new phablet will have an AMOLED touchscreen, and will run on the Samsung Exynos 5 Octa eight-core processor that's expected to appear in the Galaxy S4.
Go big or go home
It's certainly a safe bet that the Note 3 will boast more screen real estate than its predecessors. The original Galaxy Note had a 5.3-inch display, which the Note 2 upped to 5.5 inches.
The Galaxy S flagship phone has also bulked up over time, with the S3 sporting a 4.8-inch touchscreen compared to the S2's 4.3-inch display.
That said, the Korea Times, which spoke to the alleged Samsung source, has been hit and miss over time, so keep one hand on the salt pot for now.
Samsung is preparing yet another affordable smartphone to join its team of entry-level droids. Dubbed the Galaxy Pocket Neo, the upcoming droid is going to sit next to the Galaxy Young and Galaxy Fame.
The information comes from a report by SamMobile which also claims that the Pocket Neo is going to come in a dual-SIM variant as well. The phone will feature a 3" display with of QVGA resolution and will measure 104.95 x 57.8 x 11.8mm. At the back, there's going to be a 2MP camera.
The Pocket Neo boasts the usual range of connectivity options including Bluetooth 4, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n as well as A-GPS and microUSB port. The device will also go by the model number S5310, while the DUOS variant will use the S5312.
Samsung is said to launch the Pocket Neo's in week 20 of this year (May 13 - May 19). Currently, the phone is known to come out in a silver color, but we suspect more will be available too.
When the iPhone 5 first appeared, pundits moaned about how it wasn't really much of a progression over previous iPhones, presumably because it wasn't a giant pyramid made from holograms.
In reality, there were some important changes: a widescreen display that was more vibrant; a faster chip (the A6) with superior graphics performance; and a better camera for stills and HD video recording.
Although all existing iPhone apps worked fine on the iPhone 5, it rapidly became obvious that for the best user experience, apps needed to be fully optimised for the new device.
In this post, we check out 20 of the best iPhone 5 apps for creating music and videos, editing photos, catching up on news, watching shows, being productive, and then having a break by slicing up giants, racing like a loon, and solving devious puzzles.
1. GarageBand (£2.99)
Software instruments on which GarageBand relies are notoriously processor-intensive, and so the iPhone 5's added grunt makes for a stabler, faster, smoother music-making process. The wider screen is also beneficial, giving you a few extra keys when composing and enabling you to see more notes when editing MIDI.
One of the more ambitious apps on the iPhone, iMovie is a movie-making studio in your pocket. The iPhone 5's camera is great for shooting HD, and iMovie enables you to rapidly edit your creations and publish them to YouTube, Vimeo or Facebook.
Photogene's interface is a mite quirky, but we prefer it to the rather opaque iPhoto for image-editing. The app includes a number of basic editing tools, export options, special effects and other features, and on an iPhone 5 it flies.
The iPhone 5 includes the best iPhone camera yet, but Apple's Camera app is pretty basic. Camera+ is therefore worth investing in if you're serious about iPhone photography.
You'll get access to touch exposure and focus, a stabiliser, a surprisingly reasonable digital zoom, in-app cropping and effects, timers and burst-shooting.
Apple's iBooks might play second fiddle to Kindle in terms of selection and pricing, but it offers a wonderful reading experience on the iPhone 5. The high-quality screen combined with its revised height (thereby providing more words per 'page') makes it a no-brainer free download.
Although perhaps better known on tablets, Flipboard is an essential download for iPhone 5 owners. With minimal set-up, it can become your personal news magazine, filled with beautiful imagery and engaging stories.
Again, the iPhone 5's taller screen enables you to see more of anything at any one time, and the device's A6 chip ensures perfect performance.
For any iPhone 5 owner wedded to text-based content, Reeder is a must-have download. The client works seamlessly with Fever, Readability and Google Reader, enabling you to easily keep up with your favourite websites. On Apple's latest smartphone, Reeder is blazing fast and looks wonderful.
Many smartphone owners would be lost without a Twitter client and Tweetbot is the best there is for iOS. The iPhone 5's taller screen improves the app from a usability standpoint, displaying more tweets and replies at any one time, along with giving the posting screen room to breathe.
BBC iPlayer has long been the standout on-demand TV app on iOS, and it's even better on the iPhone 5, where the picture fills the gorgeous widescreen display. It's also fantastic to see the BBC regularly trumpeting about AirPlay rather than, in the case of many of the corporation's rivals, hobbling it.
The Apple-created YouTube app was unceremoniously ditched from iOS 6, but Google rose to the challenge and created a replacement. On the iPhone 5, the tall screen's great for browsing, and when flipped 90 degrees, it's perfect for watching widescreen video. Like BBC iPlayer, YouTube also supports AirPlay.
Google's data was also ousted from iOS 6, with Apple instead using its own data, with - to be charitable - decidedly mixed results. This free app is a better bet; it's fast and beautifully designed, and the iPhone 5's bigger screen is handy for browsing and also checking out step-by-step directions. On the move, turn-by-turn on 3G also proves effective.
Apple's own Calendar app is fine, but Fantastical has two advantages: excellent natural input for events, and an emphasis on a list view, thereby making it easier to see upcoming appointments at a glance. Naturally, the iPhone 5 means being able to view more of these at once, which is fab (unless any of said events mention 'dentist').
With lots of people banging on about skeuomorphism in apps, it's perhaps surprising more products like Soulver don't exist. It rethinks and reinvents the calculator, making it relevant for modern computing, and the result is half spreadsheet, half 'back of an envelope'.
On the iPhone 4, it feels cramped, but on the iPhone 5 there's plenty of room for its line-based calculations.
Task managers are commonplace on iOS, but we have a real sweet spot for 30/30. It's beautifully designed, and the straightforward manner in which you can set up task loops makes it perfect for Pomodoro-style time management. IAPs provide extra icons or a thank-you to the author, and the iPhone 5 screen really shows off the sleek interface.
Apple's vision of the future is files existing within apps, which is fine if you only use few apps with few documents. For the rest of us, a file system is still required and Dropbox brings this to iOS. On the iPhone 5, the taller screen enables you to see more items at once, but even if Sir Jony Ive had given the device a two-inch square screen, we'd still be recommending Dropbox.
Swipey swordplay with RPG levelling up is what Infinity Blade II is all about. The visuals are gorgeous and the iPhone 5's full resolution is supported. Given the demanding nature of the app, you'll be grateful for that A6 chip, too.
The best arcade racer for iOS, Most Wanted is a stupid amount of fun as you speed about, smashing up cops, drifting for miles, and generally being a menace on wheels.
On slower hardware, though, dropped frames periodically pull you out of the experience; no such problems on the more powerful iPhone 5.
The perfect twitch arcade experience, Super Hexagon is a bit like playing a wire loop game in fast-forward while being flung about the place on a merry-go-round.
Although visually simple, the game is far more fluid on the iPhone 5 than other iOS devices, and the widescreen display keeps your thumbs out of the way as you wrench your tiny ship left and right, avoiding infinite walls of doom.
iOS isn't what comes to mind when you think of platform games, and virtual controls often make us shudder, but Beyond Ynth bucks trends by being brilliant at both.
This puzzler/platformer is all about helping a bug traverse 2D levels. Its method of travel: increasingly complex boxes. On the iPhone 5, the game looks lovely, your thumbs cover less of the screen, and you see a fraction more of what's coming.
The most atmospheric iPad game of recent times loses little in its translation to the widescreen iPhone 5. The demanding graphics means The Room's perfectly suited to Apple's newest smartphone, and the game is a masterpiece.
You're alone in a room with a strange box, left to become immersed in a creepy, frequently chilling few hours of discovery. Our advice: avoid the hints, wear headphones and play in a dark room. Just don't blame us when you leap out of your seat.
The Sony Xperia L could well be part of the mid- and low-end handsets set to join the flagship Xperia Z in the Japanese firm's line up for 2013.
Xperia Blog picked up the latest details on the Xperia L from a "reliable source" - although we're not getting carried away just yet.
The specs are hardly headline-worthy, but if the Xperia L does indeed sport a 4.3-inch 854 x 480 display, 1GHz dual-core processor, 8GB of internal storage, microSD slot and an 8MP camera alongside a respectable price tag it may just have a chance.
Vital statistics
Apparently the source was also able to confirm the dimensions of the Sony Xperia L as 128.7 x 65 x 9.7mm, as well as noting the device will come running version 4.1.2 of Android Jelly Bean.
We'd expect its design to follow on from the fresh new look given to the Xperia Z, although at this time there has been no mention of the style of the Xperia L.
There's no word on when the Sony Xperia L may be released, but some are suggesting it may appear with the slightly larger Xperia SP later this year.
According to a report by WinP.cn, what you see below is the Nokia team celebrating two million Nokua Lumia activations in China alone.
More impressively, it only took the company from December 5 through March 5 to achieve this. What's even more encouraging is the fact that there were severe Lumia 920 supply shortages at the end of last year, which undoubtedly slowed the sales.
Nevertheless, Nokia has had a small internal celebration led by the company's VP and head of Nokia China Gustavo Eichelmann.
The Chinese versions of the Nokia Lumia 520 and 720 are expected to hit shelves in the coming weeks helping the company pave the way to a decent first quarter earnings report.
Does Project Glass represent the next big step in mobile communications?
When Google Glass was unveiled, the tech world instantly fell into two camps. Camp one was excited: we're living in the sci-fi future! Camp two, though, wasn't so happy. It's vapourware! some said, while others worried that Google just wanted to plaster ads on the entire world. Is either camp correct? Let's find out.
What is Google's Project Glass?
Google Glass is the attempt to make wearable computing mainstream, and it's effectively a smart pair of glasses with an integrated heads-up display and a battery hidden inside the frame.
Wearable computing is not a new idea, but Google's enormous bank account and can-do attitude means that Project Glass could well be the first product to do significant numbers.
That's because the prototype Explorer units are becoming an increasingly common site around San Francisco - and Google is even allowing competition 'winners' to pay $1,500 to get these early offerings.
What does Google Glass do?
The core of Google Glass is its tiny prism display which sits not in your eyeline, but a little above it. You can see what is on the display by glancing up. The glasses also have an embedded camera, microphone, GPS and, reportedly, use bone induction to give you sound.
Voice control is used to control the device; you say 'ok glass' to get a range of options including taking pictures, videos, send messages using speech to text, 'hang out' with people or get directions to somewhere. You access these options by saying them out loud.
Most of this functionality is self explanatory; hang out is Google's video conferencing technology and allows you to talk to a people over web cam, and stream them what you are seeing and the directions use Google Maps and the inbuilt GPS to help you find your way.
The results are displayed on the prism - essentially putting data into your view like a head up display (HUD). It's potentially incredibly handy.
What are the Google Glass specifications?
An FCC filing in the US revealed many potential details, suggesting that Wi-Fi and Bluetooth would be used to send pictures to the screen, whilst bone-induction may be used for sound, vibrating your skull to communicate the sound into your inner ear. It's not a new technology, but certainly does have critics who suggest that it falls short of traditional headphones.
We don't have a lot of the final details on specs just yet - but expect Google Glass to run modified Android, to sport a decent resolution camera with a decent lens and we'd be fairly certain that the microphone needs to be a good quality.
There will be a GPS chip, and the lightweight and flexible glasses design will come in five colours - Charcoal, Tangerine, Shale, Cotton, Sky. That's black, orange, grey, white and blue for anyone that prefers plain English over marketing speak.
I already wear glasses. Will Google Glasses work for me?
Yes. Google is experimenting with designs that will fit over existing glasses so you don't have to wear two lots of specs.
What is the Project Glass price?
The NYT again: according to "several Google employees familiar with the project who asked not to be named," the glasses are expected "to cost around the price of current smartphones." So that's around $750/£500, then, possibly with the help of a hefty Google subsidy.
The latest hints definitely suggest a price that will make them attractive to technophiles.
The developer versions - traditionally more expensive that the final consumer units - were made available for pre-order for $1,500 (c£966).
As to WHERE you can buy the specs; online will be a certainty, but don't rule out Glass making a debut in a all-new Google Store, with the search giant apparently considering actual shops to showcase the tech to those who haven't been following every development.
Is Project Glass evil?
It could be. Google's business is about making money from advertising, and some people worry that Google Glass is its attempt to monetise your eyeballs by blasting you with ads whenever you look at something.
If you think pop-ups are annoying in a web browser, imagine them in front of your face. The ADmented Reality spoof is one of very many parodies that made us laugh.
Some of the parodies actually make a good point by showing people bumping into stuff: heads-up displays can be distracting, and there may be safety issues too. Until Google ships its self-driving car, the thought of drivers being distracted by their glasses is fairly terrifying.
There are privacy implications too. Never mind your web history: Google Glass might record everything you see and do.
There is a red recording light, but the tech certainly raises some key debates that will become more relevant as this kind of technology surfaces. What are the repercussions from having everything you say potentially taped, turned into text and searchable? What are the repercussions for free speech.
All radically new tech brings new potential for evil. But you have to weigh that against the capacity for good and the progress it brings
Google Glass pre-order customers will get regular updates
Those people who paid Google $1,500 for the privilege of pre-ordering some Project Glass specs will be receiving "private updates" through Google+.
Earlier this year Samsung trademarked Eye Scroll and Eye Pause and a couple of days ago the eye scrolling rumor reappeared. Today we can add several screenshots to the evidence that the Samsung Galaxy S IV will have both of these features.
These screenshots have 1080p resolution, which also confirms the screen resolution rumors, and are our first look at Nature UX 2.0. Too bad it’s just the settings menu, which look unchanged.
Anyway, Smart scroll joins the list of Smart screen features – just like the rest it will use the front-facing camera to track your gaze. It will start scrolling automatically when it detects that you’re looking at the screen.
Smart scroll and Smart pause options
By the looks of it, it won’t track your eyes but your whole head – that is it will scroll vertically while you’re looking at the screen and tilting your heard vertically will adjust the scroll speed. There are options for acceleration and visual feedback.
The second new option, Smart pause, is simpler but very useful – it will pause video playback when you look away from the device. This will do for watching videos what Smart stay did for reading.
The Samsung Galaxy S IV is due for official announcement on March 14 and we’ll be there live.
Anyone hoping that the Samsung Galaxy S4 will arrive sporting a new, brushed aluminium body at its launch event next week may be disappointed as the Korean firms sings the praises of plastic.
Y.H. Lee, Samsung's executive vice president of mobile business told Cnet that a key factor in what materials are selected for its devices is how efficiently it can be manufactured, with straight forward plastic the quickest and easiest medium to work with.
Another reason for opting for a plastic finish for its flagship devices such as the Galaxy S2, Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 is the durability factor it provides, allowing an additional level of bend and flex which you don't get with the more advance polycarbonate and metallic finishes.
I'm bringing plastic back
That said, Samsung hasn't exactly done a bad job with its plastic clad creations, with our own Phones and Tablets Editor, Gareth Beavis, declaring the Galaxy S3 had "a lovely back".
Although when you're going to be paying through the roof for a smartphone you want it to justify the price when you hold it in your hand - it's fair to say that the iPhone 5 exudes premium quality and we are also pretty smitten with the aluminium HTC One.
Samsung's range of top end handsets however fail to really hit the same premium heights, and while there's no questioning the power and features its phones pack, it does feel like the Korean firm is skimping on the chassis.
Lee didn't confirm that the Galaxy S4 would definitely sport a plastic chassis but that seems to be the case from the points that have been put across - unless Samsung is playing us in order to drop a big surprise at the official event on March 14, that is.
Either way, we'll be at the New York unveiling to bring you all the news and, of course, our hands-on Samsung Galaxy S4 review.
The platform distribution numbers for Android in February are out and they bring little surprises. The trends from the previous few months continue, with Jelly Bean gaining ground on ICS and the now long outdated Gingerbread.
The Gingerbread userbase has dropped from 45.6% to 44.2%, but this is still enough to make it the most popular Android version globally. And given that Gingerbread is more than two years old now, this hardly bodes too well for Android OEMs and their updates.
The ICS has seen a drop of 0.4 percent points, but it still holds nearly twice bigger market share than the two Jelly Bean releases combined.
The good news is that the Jelly Bean user base is up by 3 percent points over the previous month and the latest version of Android is starting to quickly gain traction now. Still, it remains to be seen if Jelly Bean will become the most widely-spread Android release before its Key Lime Pie successor comes in the summer.
