A preliminary review of Real Racing 3 for iOS

Despite the fact that the release of the racing simulator Real Racing 3 will take place only at the end of February, the network has already appeared a preview of a new project from the portal Firemonkeys Touch Arcade. Remember, on Tuesday confirmed rumors that the game will be released on 28 February in the AppStore for iOS devices also in GooglePlay Store and Amazon Appstore for smartphones and tablets on the Android.

In Touch Arcade did a preliminary review of Real Racing 3, noted the great progress in many aspects of development, relative to previous versions of the race. Also identifies graphical browsers of the game, the level of which they compared with console projects.

This week it was announced that Real Racing 3 will be distributed for free. With the release of the third part Firemonkeys Studio has decided to focus on the business model of "freemium", which provides in-game buy cars and upgrades for additional machines.

At the time of Real Racing 3 will contain 46 licensed cars of three classes, the real race tracks, including the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and more than 900 events, divided into 8 different types.

An interesting feature of the game is the mode of Time Shifted Multiplayer, which allows you to compete with other gamers after they drove their race - there is no need to agree to participate in the same time. In addition, with each update Firemonkeys race will add new game content and features.

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.