HTC and Samsung's Windows Phones account for less than 5% of total sales

HTC and Samsung's Windows Phones account for less than 5% of total sales Microsoft's buy-up of Nokia raised quite a few heads in the industry. Pundits expected both Samsung and HTC to be ire by this announcement. This can not be father from the truth – their Windows Phones simply don't sell in meaningful numbers.

This shocking statement can be obtained by analyzing the user statistics of Tamoggemon Holding's scientific calculator TouchCalc. Over the Christmas period, new users showed up with the following handsets:

Lumia 520 - 33.4%
Lumia 710 - 8%
Lumia 505 - 6.2%
Lumia 610 - 6%
Lumia 620 - 5.5%
Lumia 625 - 5.1%
Lumia 720 - 5%
Lumia 920 - 4.6%
Lumia 521 - 4%
Lumia 800 - 3.5%
Rest - 18.7%

Sadly, the line designated as "rest“ is largely made up of smaller Nokia devices. The most successful Non-Nokia device is the ATIV S; which managed a user share of barely 1.35%. These numbers lend credence to the rumor that Microsoft invests millions of dollars into keeping HTC and Samsung on the Windows Phone track.

From now on, expect frequent updates with data from Firefox OS, Windows Phone and other platforms. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact Tamoggemon Holding at any time. Tam Hanna, CEO and Founder, has followed the industry since the days of the Palm IIIc and would love to provide you with in-depth comments.

About TouchCalc

TouchCalc is a scientific calculator for Windows Phone 7 and 8. Unlike most of its competitors, Tamoggemon Holding k.s. offers the product to its users at no cost. In addition to the here-tested client for Windows Phone, the product is also available for Firefox OS, webOS, Symbian and bada OS. Further information on TouchCalc can be found via www.tamoggemon.com. The Windows Phone client can be downloaded at http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/touchcalc/e0f06f7a-4691-47cd-964a-dfa989a1c17b.

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Open Source Press & Tamoggemon release book on Symbian programming

Symbian is not the simplest of operating systems. Getting started with it is made complex due to the weak documentation – while academically correct, it overburdens beginners with loads of useless background information.

As always, it is up to Tamoggemon to save the day. Tam Hanna, CEO and founder, has seen the insides and outsides of Symbian while creating various well-liked applications for the operating system. This knowledge is now available on flat pieces of dead trees.

The book, which has been published by the German Open Source Press, takes C++ programmers and transforms them into lean and mean Symbian coding machines. Written in Tam Hanna’s usual witty style, the book covers all platforms from lowly S60v3 to the cutting-edge Symbian^3.

In addition, readers get introduced to a variety of supporting topics like distribution, the Ovi Store, Symbian Signed and even game programming. Of course, there’s no academic junk in all of that just like Tamoggemon apps, the book hits the bull’s eye of the topics.

It takes a single look at the author – do you envision a man who looks so crazy having the stomach to bear useless fluff?

Effective immediately, the 200 page book can be purchased at Amazon Germany and bookstores all over Germany, Austria and Switzerland for a price of about 30€.

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First Qt Based Symbian Game Ballz, Ready To Take Action

Tamoggemon is proud to announce that it has just become the first vendor to provide a Qt-based Symbian game to the public.

BallZ for Symbian is a port of the evergreen JezzBall, which has been an extremely popular, nonviolent action game. The game can be played without a stylus - thanks to the innovative user interface.

Enjoy the following features:

* Memory card compatible
* Background music
* Futuristic sound effects
* Simple controls

As Tam Hanna, Tamoggemon’s CEO states, "We have always been strongly committed to Symbian as a platform. Working with Qt wasn’t always easy. Even though the development environment is fantastic, shipping apps was not possible so far."”

BallZ has already been submitted to the Ovi store, and is expected to become available in the next few days. The product will cost 3 Euro. A free trial version, containing five levels, will also be provided.

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