Wimonews 12 Days of Techmas: For a Very Merry Droid RAZR, Galaxy SII, Nexus, HP TouchPad, Kindle Fire, Tranformer Prime New Year!

We wish you all happy holidays and best wishes for a happy new year. We are not finished with our round-up of the top stories and smartphones of the year, yet. However, you will  get a clue of what were the top trends of the year by the following song, sung to the tune of "The Twelve Days of Christmas."

 

Wireless and Mobile News' Twelve Days of Techmas 2011

  • On the first day of Techmas my BF* gave to me a Galaxy SII 4G.
  • On the second day of Techmas my BF gave to me two RAZR Droids and a Galaxy SII 4G.
  • On the third day of Techmas my BF gave to me three friends' feeds, two RAZR Droids and a Galaxy SII 4G.
  • On the fourth day of Techmas my BF gave to me four mapping apps, three friends' feeds, two RAZR Droids and a Galaxy SII 4G.
  • On the fifth day of Techmas my BF gave to me five Transformer Primes, four mapping apps, three friends' feeds, two RAZR Droids and a Galaxy SII 4G.
  • On the sixth day of Techmas my BF gave to me six Siris saying, five Transformer Primes, four mapping apps, three friends' feeds, two RAZR Droids and a Galaxy SII 4G.
  • On the seventh day of Techmas my BF gave to me seven Rezounds a-playing, six Siris saying, five Transformer Primes, four mapping apps, three friends' feeds, two RAZR Droids and a Galaxy SII 4G.
  • On the eighth day of Techmas my BF gave to me eight Kindles Firing, seven Rezounds a-playing, six Siris saying, five Transformer Primes, four mapping apps, three friends' feeds, two RAZR Droids and a Galaxy SII 4G.
  • On the ninth day of Techmas my BF gave to me nine TouchPads dying, eight Kindles Firing, seven Rezounds a-playing, six Siris saying, five Transformer Primes, four mapping apps, three friends' feeds, two RAZR Droids and a Galaxy SII 4G.
  • On the tenth day of Techmas my BF gave to me ten lawyers suing, nine TouchPads dying, eight Kindles Firing, seven Rezounds a-playing, six Siris saying, five Transformer Primes, four mapping apps, three friends' feeds, two RAZR Droids and a Galaxy SII 4G.
  • On the eleventh day of Techmas my BF gave to me eleven Nexus delaying, ten lawyers suing, nine TouchPads dying, eight Kindles Firing, seven Rezounds a-playing, six Siris saying, five Transformer Primes, four mapping apps, three friends' feeds, two RAZR Droids and a Galaxy SII 4G.
  • On the twelfth day of Techmas my BF gave to me twelve batteries charging, eleven Nexus delaying, ten lawyers suing, nine TouchPads dying, eight Kindles Firing, seven Rezounds a-playing, six Siris saying, five Transformer Primes, four mapping apps, three friends' feeds, two RAZR Droids and a Galaxy SII 4G.

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Twelve Days of Techmas Explained

*BF  in texting lingo means "boy friend" which is not to be confused with BFF for "best friends forever".  Teens sent an average of 3,417 messages per month in the Q3 2011.

  1. The Samsung Galaxy SII was named in several top ten best lists, so far this year.
  2. The Droid RAZR was also named in the top ten best lists. WMNS ROR' reviewers of the DROID RAZR gave it Editors' Choice and rated it "well" for being the fastest and thinnest for now. Verizon Wireless sells the DROID RAZR for $299 and is offering double data through the holidays as well as $100 off a Droid Xyboard and $50 off Motorola accessories. Amazon Wireless as of this writing is selling it for $169.99 for new customers.
  3. "Friends' feeds" relates to the use of smartphones for Facebook friends, Twitter and other social media feeds.
  4. In our first version of this song we used four calling plans. The trend this year is fewer voice phone calls and smartphones used for apps such as maps or local discounts.
  5. The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime is the first tablet with a quad-core processor and some lucky preoderers were able to get their own in time for Techmas, full shipments are expected in January. Today you can preorder a 32GB Asus Transformer Prime or the 64GB AsusTransformer Prime online.
  6. Some consider the new iPhone 4S as a minor update to the original iPhone 4. The main difference is the voice assistant Siri who answers your questions.
  7. The  HTC Rezound appears on many top ten best lists and is the first smartphone with Beats enhanced audio by Dr. Dre that comes with Beats audio earphones. WMNS' Dare 2 Compare of the RAZR vs Rezound revealed the RAZR winning on one and losing on the other comparison. The HTC Rezound  at Amazon is $149.99 for new customers and renewing customers.
  8. The Kindle Fire that sells for $199 less than it costs to make, is one of the hottest selling gifts on Amazon.  If you received one this holiday season, Amazon has a Best of Digital recommendation page set up for your buying/reading/listening pleasure.
  9. The HP TouchPad, which we called the tablet that would not die blew out of stock with a fire sale selling the 16GB model for $99.99, causing a fervor of sales and huge demand. HP employees brought down HP's servers in the employee presale and the recent blow-out of refurbished TouchPads almost brought down eBay's servers.
  10. Wireless technology companies throughout the year, sued each other, all over the globe, claiming that each owns the original idea, patent or name.
  11. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus was delayed but came out in time for Christmas (12/15).  This super powerhouse is the first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich powered dual-core processor smartphone with 4G LTE data connections.
  12. As smartphones and tablets get more powerful and the network connections get faster, there is more battery drain.  That's why, we wish you all extra batteries charging.