During the last week of 2011, iOS and Android users made a record number of downloads.

On one day alone – December 25, 2011 – 6.8 million smartphones were activated, while half of the activations were on Android. Microsoft Corporation, in turn, boasted of the number of applications in the Windows Phone Market.

With the introduction of Android 4.0 and Windows 8 on the market, tablets will become the dominant devices in the market of devices with touch screens.

Google is planning to release its tablet. This release may negatively affect sales of other Android-based tablets.

Users of the Google platform download more work applications and play less on their devices than users of the mobile version of iOS.

According to preliminary data from CrowdStar, the average income from each user in the mobile application market (ARPU) at Amazon is five times more than the same on the Android Market.

Distimo summed up the results of the year in the mobile application market and shared the results of the study with the press.

According to the latest data, Android-based mobile devices are used more often to access Facebook than iOS-based devices. All thanks to the high sales of smartphones on Google’s OC.

In this release: the number of downloads from the App Store has passed the 18 billion mark; Android applications are getting smaller.

The analytical company Nielsen has collected information about the most popular Android apps for three age groups.

According to Apple, the number of downloads from the App Store has exceeded 18 billion.

Google has shared information about the most popular game genres on the Android platform.

OnLive cloud service has become available for Android users. One of the first games specially adapted for tablets was L.A. Noir from Rockstar Games.

According to the results of the fourth quarter of 2011, Kindle Fire will take the second place in the global tablet market.

Microsoft Corporation plans to expand the audience of its mobile platform at the expense of Android and iOS users. The Internet demo version of Windows Phone 7 is used as a promotion tool.

The US mobile market is the leading one in terms of the total volume of downloaded Android applications, however, Europe was in first place in terms of the number of downloaded applications per user.

Gartner has published a report according to which in the third quarter sales of mobile devices reached 440.5 million units, which is 5.6% more than a year ago.

According to the mobile advertising network InMobi, which conducted a study of the mobile market in the third quarter of 2011, the iPhone 4 remains the most common device in Europe with a share of 7.2%. This is followed by Samsung GT-i9000 (4.9%) and HTC Desire S (3.1%).

We recently published information that Google did not even mention Android revenue in its financial report. This allowed analysts to conclude that she has no success in this area. This news caused criticism from the readers of the App2Top portal, so we offer more specific calculations and a different point of view. How much does Google really earn in the mobile sphere?