1）据路透社报道，芬兰开发商Rovio首席营销官Peter Vesterbacka日前透露，Rovio不会在2012年进行IPO，因为他们“尚处于《愤怒的小鸟》生命周期的初级阶段”，不过公司仍将在2012年推出新款《愤怒的小鸟》游戏。

Angry Birds(from games)

他表示，如果要上市，Rovio会先考虑纽约或中国，因为这两个市场有助于提升《愤怒的小鸟》身价，但亚洲才是世界的未来。

2）IHS iSuppli最新报告预测，诺基亚与微软的合作将在未来数年对智能手机市场产生重大影响，2015年Windows Phone市场份额将超过iOS，成为仅次于Android的第二大智能手机平台。

top 3 smartphone share(from ihs isuppli)

该报告数据指出，Windows Phone届时将占据16.7%市场份额，而iOS则是16.6%，Android是58.1%。

尽管Windows Phone在2011年市场份额仅1.9%，但IHS iSuppli认为Lumia 900等Windows Phone智能手机有助于微软在2015年收复市场。

诺基亚并非Windows Phone唯一的设备制造商，但IHS iSuppli预计诺基亚将在2012年占据50%的移动设备市场份额，2013年达到62%，但在2014年会因遭遇竞争而流失份额。

3）Adobe Digital Marketing Insight最新调查数据显示，平板电脑用户在线网购的频率比智能手机用户多50%以上，比传统电脑用户多20%。

ipad-2-shopping(from gottabemobile.com)

平板每名平板电脑用户每笔订单交易额为123美元，比智能手机用户的80美元平均交易额多54%，比传统电脑用户平均102美元的交易额多21%。

Adobe报告还指出，平板电脑用户购物意向比智能手机用户多3倍，其付费转化率接近于传统电脑用户。平板电脑用户目前占据所有零售商在线网站访问量的4%，而一年前的这一数据为1%（Adobe的这组数据取自2011年150家零售商网站的162亿次访问量）。

而PayPal委托Ipsos OTX MediaCT执行的调查发现，平板电脑用户消费率几乎是智能手机用户的两倍，还有28%同时拥有平板电脑和智能手机的用户表示，他们通过移动网络购物的频率比以前更高了，但仅有13%智能手机用户作出同样的回答。

4）独立游戏开发商Mojang最近通过Twitter发贴宣布，《Minecraft – Pocket Edition》在Android和iOS平台露面头两个月的销量超过70万，目前该游戏每日下载量约5000次，其中部分归功于在Android Market推出的降价优惠活动。

Minecraft-Pocket-Edition(from geeky-gadgets.com)

不过该公司并未明确这70万次下载量究竟仅指完整版付费下载量，还是包括精简版本下载量。

5）The Sunday Times Apps最近调查数据显示，半数以上用户投入手机应用程序的时间多于发送邮件、短信或打电话。

其他调查结果包括：

*半数英国人口已成为智能手机用户；

*2011年市场诞生了100多万款有效应用程序；

*用户下载的80%应用属于免费产品；

*2011年最后一周，英国应用下载量达8100万次；

*平均每名英国智能手机用户安装了38款应用；

*半数用户用户每周至少下载一款新应用。

6）Square Enix近日宣布聘请Ben Cusack（曾在Zed和Mobile Interactive Group等公司任职）任公司移动团队（位于伦敦）主管，并将向智能手机和平板电脑平台推出益智游戏《KooZac》。

KooZac(from iphonetech78.wordpress.com)

基于Flash的《KooZac》最终由Ben Cusack在数年前发布于网页平台，Square Enix打算在2012年第一季度发布该游戏的Android和iOS版本。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，拒绝任何不保留版权的转载，如需转载请联系：游戏邦）

1）The Angry Birds will not crash-land on the stock market in 2012

by Joe Osborne

If Rovio went public this year, then its Angry Birds wouldn’t nail their first flight from the nest. Peter Vesterbacka, marketing head of the Finnish mobile game maker, said as much to Reuters. “We are not in a rush. This year is way too early for an IPO, there are too many open things, and we are in a very early stage of the Angry Birds life cycle,” Vesterbacka told Reuters.

However, speaking to the possibilities of an initial public offering (IPO), Rovio did say that it’s looking at either New York or China as the base for its IPO, which could put the Angry Birds masterminds’ worth at $1 billion or more. “Hong Kong is very interesting, absolutely, but again it is totally dependent on how markets develop,” Vesterbacka said to Reuters. “Asia is where all the people are, and future growth.”

While 2012 will not be the year the Angry Birds fly into the stock market, it will be year they fly into new game genres. Rovio has already made clear that it wants to release several new kinds of Angry Birds games in 2012. And, as if the peeved parrots weren’t already damned near everywhere, Rovio plans to expand its money-printing franchise to even more platforms. IPO or not, 2012 will probably be another huge year for the wingless WMDs. The surly squawkers. The–we could do this all day.（source:games）

2）Lumia love to push Windows Phone past iOS in smartphone race by 2015, reports IHS iSuppli

by Matt Sakuraoka-Gilman

Having lifted the lid on its US flagship Lumia 900 at CES 2012, analysts have begun to speak of Nokia’s Windows Phone assault with renewed vigour.

Case in point: the latest study by IHS iSuppli predicts the next few years will see Nokia’s partnership with Microsoft shaking things up in the smartphone market, with Windows Phone’s market share overtaking iOS to take second spot behind Android by 2015.

Specifically, the firm’s findings indicate Windows Phone will grab 16.7 percent of the market, compared to 16.6 percent for iOS and 58.1 percent for Android.

Hot stuff

Such a rise would represent some jump from the 1.9 percent share the firm claims Windows Phone amassed in 2011, but IHS iSuppli believes Nokia’s Lumia range has the power to be a game changer.

“One of the hottest new products unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show was the Lumia 900, a Windows Phone-based smartphone sporting a flashy set of features that makes it competitive with the best alternatives offered by the Android camp,” said senior analyst Wayne Lam.

“This hot product represents Nokia’s first step to reclaim its market share. Combined with Nokia’s efforts to drive the development of the Windows Phone ecosystem, the Lumia 900 and its successors will help Microsoft to reclaim its No. 2 ranking in smartphone operating system market share in 2015.”

One of the driving factors behind the body’s projections is Nokia’s grand ambitions in the US market, with the firm’s decision to launch Lumia 900 in North America first set to pay dividends.

Look out, Nokia’s about

“In the past, Nokia always introduced new technologies in its home European market first,” said senior principal analyst Francis Sideco.

“However, for the Lumia 900 – Nokia’s first LTE phone – the company initially is rolling it out in North America. This demonstrates Nokia’s commitment to re-enter the region.”

The body also cites an apparent intention by Nokia to target BlackBerry’s stranglehold on the enterprise market, making use of Microsoft’s strong connections in the sector.

Of course, Nokia isn’t the only OEM supporting Windows Phone, but IHS iSuppli see the Finnish firm accounting for 50 percent of all handsets manufactured in 2012, rising to 62 percent in 2013 before dipping again in 2014 as rivals begin to up their output on the OS.

“Because of Nokia’s support, apps developers will eagerly shore up the Windows platform,” added Lam.

“This will cause other makers of Windows Phone devices, such as Samsung and HTC, to offer more products supporting the OS – further expanding the market.”（source:pocketgamer）

3）Tablets: the perfect shopping device

By Ryan Kim

Modern tablets have only been on the market for less than two years, but they have quickly become potent shopping tools that generate an outsized effect on online commerce. Last year was the year that the tablet became an online retailer’s best friend as it emerged as the preferred device for many shoppers to make their purchases.

The latest data came earlier this week from Adobe Digital Marketing Insights (pdf), which found that tablet users spend over 50 percent more for each transaction at an online retailer compared to smartphone users and 20 percent more than traditional computer users. Adobe found that the average order value for tablet users was $123 on average per purchase, 54 percent more than smartphone users ($80) and 21 percent more than computer users ($102).

Adobe also found that tablet users were three times more likely to buy something than smartphone users and nearly as likely to convert to a purchase as traditional computer users. Tablet users now make up 4 percent of all total web visits to retailers, up from 1 percent a year ago. Adobe gathered the data from 16.2 billion visits to the websites of more than 150 retailers in 2011.

The data is consistent with other findings in the previous months that indicate just how tablets are able to create a bigger commerce effect despite its smaller reach. Last year Forrester reported that tablets accounted for 20 percent of e-commerce sales, even though only 9 percent of shoppers own tablets.

A study by Ipsos OTX MediaCT on behalf of PayPal found that tablet owners were almost twice as likely to make purchases as those who only have smartphones. And 28 percent of dual smartphone and tablet owners said they were sure they spent more due to mobile shopping, compared with 13 percent of smartphone owners who said the same.（source:gigaom）

4）Mojang’s Kaplan reveals Minecraft downloads have passed 700,000 across Android and iOS

by Matt Sakuraoka-Gilman

Having already made quite a mark amongst the PC gaming community, Minecraft appears to be building a similarly fervent base on smartphones.

In a tweet posted by Mojang’s business developer Daniel Kaplan, Minecraft – Pocket Edition downloads from both Android and iOS have been pegged at 700,000 over the course of the game’s first two months on sale.

Speculate to accumulate

“We have sold over 700 000 copies,” said Kaplan in the tweet, branding the achievement as “quite impressive”.

Kaplan went on to state that the game is currently amassing around 5,000 downloads a day, with some of that success down to the game’s 10c/10p sale on Android Market – one of the headline games in Google’s promotion celebrating Android Market’s then 10 billion app downloads.

Said sale, however, “fudged up” the studio’s stats according to Kaplan, with the Mojang man suggesting there’s internal speculation as to the game’s true sales on the platform.

Kaplan also doesn’t reveal whether the 700,000 number relates just to paid downloads of the full version, or also includes the Lite edition.（source:pocketgamer）

5）Over half of smartphone users spend more time on apps than calls/texts

by Tim Green

‘I’d rather fiddle with this currency converter than talk to you’

New research released by The Sunday Times Apps reveals that more than half of users use their phone more for apps than any other purpose such as emailing, texting or calling.

The study was conducted ahead of the publication of this weekend’s The Sunday Times Apps List 2012.

The UK newspaper convened a group of experts from mobile and vertical field such as fashion and music to decide a list of 500 essential apps, with 250 profiled on Sunday, and the remaining 250 the week after.

The list includes apps devoted to culture, entertainment, sport, food, travel, health and science. It will be refreshed every week online.

Other findings from the study were all fairly ho-hum for the mobile insider, but here they are anyway:

* Half of the UK population now owns a smartphone

* In 2011 over a million different apps were available

* Almost 80 per cent of the apps people download are free

* In the last week of 2011 there were 81 million downloads in the UK alone

* The average smartphone owner in the UK keeps around 38 apps on their device

* Over half download a new app at least once a week（source:mobile-ent）

6）Square Enix hires mobile head, publishing his puzzler

by Eric Caoili

Newsbrief: Along with hiring mobile veteran Ben Cusack as the head of its expanding mobile team in London, Square Enix has licensed his puzzler KooZac to publish its upcoming smartphone and tablet versions.

Cusack originally launched KooZac several years ago as a Flash-based web game, and it has since picked up awards and more than 15 million plays online. Square Enix intends to release an updated and re-imagined version of the title for Android and iOS devices sometime in the first quarter of 2012.

Kusack previously worked at firms like Zed and Mobile Interactive Group.（source:gamasutra）