After years of dominating the competitive mobile phone market, Nokia has been ousted as the world’s biggest mobile phone maker by Korean electronics giant, Samsung.  In the first quarter of 2012, Samsung shipped around 93 million mobile phones, compared to Nokia’s 83 million.  Samsung, which is also now the world’s biggest television and flat screen maker, recently announced its highest quarterly profit since 2008, a jump of 81% from last year.  Strong sales growth is forecast in the coming months.  Robert Yi, head of investor relations at Samsung, said: “We cautiously expect our earnings momentum to continue going forward, as competitiveness in our major businesses is enhanced.”

So how has Samsung seized the top spot from Nokia, which monopolised the mobile market for 14 years?  The key may lie in savvy strategic vision and direction from the management.  Both Kwon Oh-hyun, former head of the firm’s component business and now chief executive officer and former chief executive Choi Gee-sung, have been credited with shifting the company’s fortunes. » How Samsung Became The Biggest Name In Mobile Phones

Apple just announced the launch of the iTunes Store in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and nine additional countries in Asia including Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. iTunes Store is featuring an incredible selection of local and international music from all the major labels and thousands of independent labels. Read the full press release after the break. » Apple Launches iTunes Store In Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan & Nine Additional Countries In Asia Today

Just as the rate at which new model mobile devices are being unleashed by the major manufacturers is head-spinning, so the rate of release of new apps for these devices is equally astonishing. This is mainly to keep up with the almost unprecedented level of public demand that currently exists for the mobile industry and sees more and more successful companies – such as motors.co.uk – looking to produce apps that allow them to break into the mobile device market. These are some of the new apps that you can currently get for your device. » A Couple Of The New Apps Available

Good news for tower defense fans! The iPhone version of the smash-hit game called Total Defense 3D HD is available on the App Store today. It features the same well-balanced mix of strategy, smashing gameplay coupled with a catching plot that made the iPad version of the game so popular among players all over the world. The ultimate 3D nature of the title allows rotating or zooming the camera and seeing every single object on the screen in detail. » Total Defense 3D: Tower Defense Game With Intense Action Ported To iPhone

Apple has released an over-the-air iOS Beta 2 update. The update weighs in at 332MB for iPhone 4S users. Apple also released Xcode 4.5 Developer Preview 2 and Apple TV Software beta 2. iOS 6 also comes with a fun tweak, when you update your iOS the Setting icon gears rotate while downloading. Take a look after the break to see it in action.

Motors.co.uk is the second largest online advertising network in the UK. It has signed major partnerships including The Daily Mail online, Parkers.co.uk and The Independent amongst others, supplying them with used cars; making it a great advertising platform for dealers and buyers alike.

The forward thinking company, who launched www.motors.co.uk in 2007, also created iphone and ipad apps in 2010. Like many online businesses they could see the huge potential in creating the apps for the increasingly popular hand held devices. » Uses Of The Motors App

9to5mac has been able to pull data from iPhone prototypes and after investigation they believe that the next generation iPhones will have Near Field Communication (NFC) controllers directly connected to the power management unit (PMU). With the recently announced PassBook application Apple will be set to compete with Google Wallet and the similar service Microsoft unveiled last week. » Next-Generation iPhones Will Get NFC Chips For Mobile Payments