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Google Play surpasses handheld consoles in consumer spending Aug 21st 2013, 17:35, by Dima Aryeh Dedicated mobile gaming devices have been on the decline, and we all know that. The new gaming giant is Apple, with more than double the consumer spending on games than the gaming optimized handhelds as a whole. However, for the first time, Google Play has surpassed the Nintendo 3DS and Sony Playstation Vita in game sales. You may be thinking, “Well of course Google Play has more consumer spending on games; they have far more devices!” You are absolutely correct. There are 1.25 billion smartphones and 180 million tablets in this world (of which only a fraction are Google Play enabled), and only around 200 million handheld consoles. But consider this: a majority of smartphone games are free to play, and ad revenue doesn’t count. The rest of the games are cheap. Almost all games are under $5. Handheld console games are much more expensive, added more per unit to consumer spending totals. Google Play still won out. Google Play still has quite a way to go if it wants to pass the iOS App Store in consumer spending, but it’s getting there. Games on Android are becoming better every day, especially with the rise of Google Play Games and the services it offers to developers. With these services, developers can spend less time on multiplayer and leaderboards and more time on the actual game. What are some of your most favorite recent games on Android? Samsung unveils the Galaxy Golden, another dual screen flip phone Aug 21st 2013, 16:54, by Dima Aryeh Samsung seems to be infatuated with the flip phone form factor. Probably because of how awesome alliteration is. Thinking back to the golden days before smartphones were popular, flip phones like the original Moto RAZR were all the rage. Samsung now seems to be on a nostalgia streak. Releasing one device in this form factor is brave enough, but releasing a second is near crazy. But Samsung has done it, and joining the Hennessy in their lineup is the new Samsung Galaxy Golden. The Galaxy Golden houses two 3.7-inch Super AMOLED displays (AMOLED displays usually have an 800 x 480 resolution), which is much better than the Hennessy’s dual 3.3-inch 320 x 480 displays. However, the Hennessy has a 1.2GHz quad core, while the new Galaxy Golden has a 1.7GHz dual core. Core count means little, but it’s interesting to see what should be a higher end product get a “better” processor, on paper at least. The other specs are fairly mid-range. It’ll have an 8MP camera and release with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, which is fairly modern. On top of 4.2 will be the standard TouchWiz interface, which the company has improved with S Health (and a pedometer function), business card recognition, easy mode and even an FM radio (Non-US countries often get this feature, but it’s more rare stateside). This device will set you back a surprising 790,000 won, or almost $710. That’s really expensive for what would be considered a low-to-mid-range product, but it caters to a niche that doesn’t have many options. Would you ever buy a device like this? Leave a comment!

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