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Consulting firm Gartner released its forecasts for the 2014, related to the sale of mobile devices. According to their data, during this year in the world to will be sold about 1.1 billion of various devices (smartphones, tablets, watches and other) that will have Android operating system. The greatest growth of this OS will be recorded in the Chinese market, analysts said.

After all the bad decisions of the previous administration, the new BlackBerry's CEO John Chen, came up to with the conclusion that the price of their phones could be their main problem. He said for CNBC that their smartphones have a high retail price comparing to the competition, which results in a disappointing sales and constant losses.

Lumia 630 is a new Windows Phone device from Nokia. Although the information is not official, they are coming from a trusted source. Mentioned device will have support for simultaneous use of two SIM cards and will be designed for emerging markets.

Nokia is developing an Android device , atleast according to sources close to the manufacturer. One of the smartphones on which Nokia is currently working carries codename Normandy, and it is a unit intended for the lower price range. Also, it was revealed that Nokia uses custom Android, rather than the Google's version, something like Amazon is using for its Kindle Fire tablet.

Samsung looks for a new way to attract even more buyers to get their famous smartphone Galaxy Note 3. This time they decided to present a refreshed versions of it, so from this month beside standard black, white and pink colors we will be able to get the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 in three additional variants.

Samsung has unveiled the second edition of their second phablet. It is a model of the Galaxy Grand 2, which now has a 5.25 inch screen.

In October, there have been rumors that Samsung might in their next flagship mobile phone, the Galaxy S5, install a scanner for identifying users through the pupil. About the same time the patent was applied for such a system of identity verification, and these rumors received an official confirmation that the Korean company is actively working on it.

Nokia is developing technology codenamed 3D Touch, according to The Verge. It is a way of interacting with the device without touching it, and the technology is being developed for several years.

Intel has released its new chip ZMM 7160 which supports 4G LTE networking and is designed for installation in smartphones and tablets. The chip is already used in Samsung's Galaxy Tab 3 tablet devices which are sold in Europe and Asia.

BlackBerry plans to release on the November 21st new model P'9882 smartphone to the market, which should replace the current model P'9981. This date was revealed by Lewis Hamilton during a BlackBerry event in Dubai.