According to market research firm Gartner, worldwide sales of smartphones totaled 38.1 million units in the fourth quarter of 2008–a year-over-year increase of 3.7%–and accounted for 12% of all mobile phones sold in the period.

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Thanks to Infinite Dreams, I’ve been spending a fair amount of time recently playing a fun vertical shooter game called Sky Force Reloaded.

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There are now more than 27,000 iPhone and iPod touch applications available via Apple’s App Store according to application analytics platform Mobclix.

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt anticipates mobile search revenues will surpass search on the PC within the next several years, “not decades,” citing the increasing sophistication and affordability of smartphones as the catalyst behind the paradigm shift.

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Earlier this month we reported that T-Mobile USA had introduced a $50 unlimited voice plan for T-Mobile customers in San Francisco.

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The most popular handset in the US in December was RIMs Blackberry Curve followed by Apples iPhone, according to a survey by AvianResearch.

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Gin Rummy has always been one of my favorite card games. These days I mostly play Old Maid and Go Fish but when I get a few minutes with my wife we play Gin.

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RealGames, the casual games business unit for digital entertainment services company RealNetworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNWK), today announced that Tropical Towers, also known as Tiki Towers in North America, has been named Best Casual Game at the 5th Annual International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA). Held during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, IMGA is an annual contest for the best mobile games in the world.

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