1）英国最大的独立手机零售商Carphone Warehouse最近数据显示，谷歌Nexus 7已经成为英国史上最畅销的平板电脑之一，该设备自7月27日发布以来已是Carphone目前最热销的Android平板电脑。

Nexus-7(from betanews.com)

不过许多评论家认为，苹果据称于下周发布的iPad Mini最终将冲击谷歌及亚马逊平板电脑市场。

2）据insidemobileapps报道，谷歌最近发布了修订版本的Google Play开发者控制台，支持开发者将他们的Google Play应用列表翻译成49种语言。

pubsites(from insidemobileapps)

ratings_stats(from insidemobileapps)

除此之外，谷歌还加强了分析功能，添加了支持开发者根据地区、语言、版本及设备等分类追踪用户评价的统计数据。

3）据mobile-ent报道，Trip Hawkins在最近的IGN采访中表示，他认为主机游戏将沦为小众市场。主机游戏仍将长期存在，因为市场上仍然会有期待这类游戏的硬核用户，但其规模将变得更小。以飞机来打比方，多数用户只想当乘客，只有少数人会真正进入航空领域，学习飞行技术，并最终拥有自己的飞机，主机游戏的情况与此类似。

Trip Hawkins(from doubleplusgoodgames.com)

他表示，现在游戏已经无处不在，人们玩游戏是出于社交目的，或者是为了方便而玩游戏。这将成为移动、网页以及云游戏的一个趋势。

4）美国无线通信和互联网协会（CTIA）最近发布的上半年调查结果显示，在美国3.22亿无线网络用户中，智能手机用户占据1.31亿（占比41％），平板电脑用户也增至2200万（占比17％）。

smartphone users(from presstv.com)

在2011年7月至2012年6月间，美国用户消耗了超过1.1万亿MB的数据，同比上年增长104％。

美国移动用户平均每月的语音、数据、短信费用为47.16美元，尽管网络数据需求量急剧增长，但这一费用却同比去年下降0.07美元。

5）Interactive Advertising Bureau及PricewaterhouseCoopers最近报告显示，2012上半年互联网广告收益达170亿美元（去年同期为149亿美元），移动广告收益则增长至12亿美元（去年同期为6.36亿美元）。

mobile ads(from geek.com)

6）据mobile-ent报道，最近有信息图表显示，有75％用户至少有一次在上厕所时使用手机，男性用户的这一比例高于女性。

从年龄分布来看，出生于1982-1999年的青年群体的这一比例高达91％（这一群体中甚至有30％用户上厕所时不能没有手机），1965-1981出生的用户这一比例则是80％，1946-1964年出生的用户这一比例是65％，1925-1945年出生的老年用户这一比例是47％。

30％男性经常在卫生间使用手机，女性用户这一比例为25%。

44％的Android用户常在卫生间打电话（接电话比例为67％），有此行为的苹果用户比例为42％（接电话比例为60％），黑莓用户则是48％（接电话比例为75％）。

常在卫生间发布Twitter信息的Android用户比例为49％，苹果用户比例为53％，黑莓用户比例为42％；在这种环境中使用应用程序的Android用户比例为66％，苹果用户比例为67％，黑莓用户为50％；男性用户比例高于女性。

67％手机用户在卫生间使用手机阅读，59％发短信，42％查看邮件，29％访问社交网络。

92％用户在如厕后会洗手，但仅有14％会清洁自己的手机。

有19％用户曾不慎使手机掉入马桶。

infographic-toilet-mobile-use(from mobile-ent)

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1）Google’s Nexus 7 becomes best selling Android tablet in UK

by James Nouch

Google’s Nexus 7 has become one of the fastest selling tablets in UK history according to stats released by Britain’s largest independent mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse.

The chain claims Google’s tablet is the best selling Android tablet it has stocked to date, with Nexus 7 having hit said milestone in less than three months after lauching on 27 July.

Setting the pace

“Looking at the sales of the Google Nexus tablet, it’s clear that there is a massive demand amongst our customer base for smaller tablets,” explained the company’s chief commercial officer Graham Stapleton.

“We’re seeing a real shift in what customers are using their tablets for, with more and more watching content on the go.
“It’s now common to see people using their tablets during the morning commute or catching up on the day’s news in a local coffee shop, and smaller devices make it easier to handle.”

Apple of my eye

Right now, of course, the industry is waiting to see whether Apple will launch its own smaller-form tablet.

Many commentators believe that the Cupertino company will finally unveil the much-rumoured ‘iPad Mini’ next week, entering a market that is currently dominated by Google and Amazon.

That possibility is hinted at in the Carphone Warehouse’s announcement, although Stapleton is careful not to name names.

“It’s impressive that this product is our biggest selling Android tablet, and it will be really interesting to see if other manufacturers will follow suit with smaller tablets over the coming months to spice up the Christmas period.” （source：pocketgamer）

2）Google rolls out improved developer console, adds user ratings analytics, automatic translations

Kathleen De Vere

Google has rolled out a revamped version of the Google Play developer console.

Originally teased at the I/O developer conference earlier this year, the new version of the Google Play developer console promises to be easier to use and navigate, particularly for developers with multiple apps. It also now allows developers to automatically translate and publish their Google Play app listings (but not the apps themselves) into 49 languages.

In addition, Google has beefed up the analytics side of the developer console, adding new statistics that allow developers to track user ratings by country, language, version and even device.

Developers who wish to try the new version can do so by logging into their standard developer console and selecting the “try the new version” link in the page header. At this time multiple APK support, APK Expansion Files and announcements are not supported in the new developer console, but are still accessible through the old version.

As is typical for Google, both versions of the developer console will be available for the foreseeable future, as Google solicits Feedback on the new console and continues to roll out improvements.（source：insidemobileapps）

3）’Mobile will push console gaming into a niche’

by Mike Shaw

“The gaming industry is finally becoming mass-market.”

EA founder says console market will become ‘more like a hobby market’ due to smartphone and tablet gaming.

Trip Hawkins founded Electronic Arts (EA) back in 1982, worked closely with Steve Jobs in the early days of Apple and founded Digital Chocolate, and although he doesn’t have the same power today as he once did, his words still carry a lot of weight.

In an interview with IGN, he said that he sees console gaming becoming a hobby:

“The console market is always going to be with us, because there’s always going to be a hardcore segment, a segment that likes innovation. But it’s going to become a smaller market, and it’s going to be more like a hobby market. You look at airplanes. Most of us just want to be a passenger, but there’s a hobby market for people who are really into aviation and want to　take flying lessons and maybe someday have their own airplane. I think that’s what’s happening to the console market.

“But there are billions of people now playing games. The gaming industry is finally becoming mass-market. It’s across two billion PCs and four billion mobile phones, and within a few years a billion tablets.”

Hawkins continued: “Games are going everywhere. Plenty of people are playing for social reasons and playing when it’s convenient. It’s a trend towards mobile- and browser- and cloud-basedgames. You contrast that with what happens when you have to either purchase or download a specific app that runs native on a specific device and you only ever play it when you have that platform in front of you.

“In the old days I’d go down to the basement to play Grand Theft Auto. But the Facebook gamer is able to play at work, at home, in a hotel on a PC. They can get access to a browser just about anywhere. People are thinking about convenience first.”（source：mobile-ent）

4）US consumer data use climbs 104 per cent year on-year

by Zen Terrelonge

US consumer data use climbs 104 per cent year on-year

1.1 trillion MB gobbled between July 2011 to June 2012.

New results from CTIA’s semi-anual survey shows that smarphones accounted for 131m (41 per cent) of 322m wireless subscriber connections, with tablets rising to 22m (17 per cent).

This has contributed to a huge 104 per cent spike of year-on-year data consumption, with Americans using more than 1.1 trillion MB of data between July 2011 and June 2012.

The average monthly bill for voice, data, and text usage cost consumers $47.16, a dip of $0.07 despite the hunger for data.

Steve Largent, President and CEO of CTIA, said: “Americans are using more voice, data and text than ever before, but are paying less for their wireless usage than even a year ago.

“Thanks to the fiercely competitive wireless industry, consumers have a variety of choices from which provider to contract or prepaid plans to devices.”（source：mobile-ent）

5）Mobile ad spending doubled in early 2012

by Mike Sha

The report was conducted by the Internet Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers

Increased by 95 per cent to $1.2bn during the first six months of 2012, compared to £636m in the first half of 2011.

Internet advertising revenues climbed to an all-time high during the first half of 2012, spurred on by astonishing growth in mobile ad spending.

A report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers showed that mobile advertising contributed seven per cent of total internet ad revenues in that period, up from four per cent in early 2011.

Internet ad revenues reached $17 billion during the first half of 2012, compared to $14.9 billion in the year-ago period, with mobile ad spending going from $636m to $1.2bn over the same period.

David Silverman, partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, said: “The tremendous growth of mobile advertising revenue over the past year is an indication of the importance of location to advertisers and mobility to consumers.

“Bringing the power of the Internet to mobile devices has opened up a world of possibilities to both consumers and marketers.”（source：mobile-ent）

6）INFOGRAPHIC: Toilet talk – cell phone usage in restrooms

by Mike Shaw

More people than ever are using their mobiles while doing unspeakable things. One in six phone has traces of you-know-what on it.

Every few weeks stats some stats come out about usage of mobile phones in toilets, but far from the figures shaming people into being less disgusting, it seems the opposite is happening: more of us are using our devices while doing unspeakable things.

For example, 30 per cent of Generation Y say they would not lay a cable without their phone, preferring to wait and face crisis than venture into the bathroom alone.

And then there’s this fact: one in four of people always use their phones while on the toilet. Choose wisely next time you need to borrow someone’s device. （source：mobile-ent）