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Android Dominates US Smartphone Market
Apple may be gaining in popularity worldwide, having just surpassed the Blackberry from Research in Motion, but devices running the Android OS eclipsed the iOS from Apple. Data released by Canalys showed that Android devices accounted for 43.6% of smartphone shipments in the United States in the third quarter, up 1,309% from the same time last year. This number represents devices from manufacturers in the Open Handset Alliance, including Samsung, HTC, and Motorola among others. Between all manufacturers, 9.1 million handsets were sold, while Apple sold 5.5 million devices. Apple doesn't seem to be hurting from this, as it just had its best quarter ever.
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iPhones in Europe Hit With Daylight Savings Time Bug
Several iPhone users in Europe have been reporting that alarms that were set were going off an hour late due to Daylight Savings Time. Apple was already aware of the bug as it happened to iPhone users in Australia a few weeks ago. The clock was updated, but the alarm wasn't. Apple had promised a software update to fix the issue after it was made aware of it after it hit Australia, but none was rolled out. For any users in North America, you may want to be careful this weekend when the continent hits DST. Some users in the United States are currently reporting that their alarms are going off an hour early. The bug doesn't appear to affect all alarms, and seems to affect those that are set to repeat, but not repeat every day.
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