Apple for the first time in 15 years has become the leader of the mobile market in Japan

For the first time in the history of the mobile market in Japan local brands lost leadership of the foreign company. In the final quarter of 2012, the Japanese market leader in smartphones and multimedia phones became Apple. Cupertino company's share is 16%, according to Techcrunch, with reference to the analytical agency Counterpoint Research.

By slowly retreating into the background a multimedia phone with touchscreen devices are equipped with a QWERTY-keyboard, but do not have on-board operating system Android, Windows Phone or iOS and do not support the installation of third party applications. These devices are quite popular among the Japanese.

The study Counterpoint Research, Apple is the leader of the Japanese market and for all in 2012 (share of 15%). The assets of local brands Sharp and Fujitsu was listed by 14% of the supply of mobile devices in the past year for.

Japanese company Sharp held championship six years in a row, but this time it was forced to cede the position of producer iPhone. In total, foreign brands accounted for about half of the mobile market in Japan. Rapidly gaining momentum and Chinese players, who in the last quarter increased their presence in almost three-fold.

Previously, Apple has provided on top of the mobile market in Japan, but very briefly. Typically, this was due to the launch of the new model. For example, in 2011, sales have soared after the iPhone 4S.

Intel will release a competitor to Apple TV with a camera to track viewers

Intel announced plans to launch its own online TV. Head of the company Eric Haggers said that before the end of the year Intel will release the appropriate set-top box with "nice industrial design" and well-designed software.

Intel plans to equip the camera set-top box, which will follow the user to provide them with personalized recommendations for viewing. This will allow the device to adjust to a specific audience. For example, the prefix will offer one set of programs for children, adults - on the other. In addition, by tracking the interests and habits of users, it will be able to provide targeted advertising.

The new service will provide live coverage of Intel, TV "after ether", at the request of the program and the necessary range of applications, said Eric Haggers. Service will also be available on mobile devices Apple. However, the company does not intend to provide proper services to users of Internet access service, as before, will have to connect to the web via a third-party provider.

Top-manager of Intel said that the new service will be used codec HEVC, provides higher compared to H.264 video quality to be used in most systems, cable and IP-TV. In Intel did not give an exact date for the launch of television and Internet service release set-top boxes.