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Asian tech companies are announcing their latest figures in force this week with Samsung bagging record sales for smartphones. Meanwhile, CES will see a raft of new innovations for mobile gadgets as Apple plans to bring Thunderbolt to future iOS devices.

Time and again, Google's Android (news, site) is proving itself to be a capable mobile platform, and the market seems to agree. According to recent figures by Canalys, Android has already captured almost 50% of the smartphone market globally in the second quarter of 2011, and is dominant in the Asia Pacific region. But what lies ahead for Android?

Mobile and social networking mix well, as evident with how social networking apps are popular among smartphone and tablet users. Taiwanese manufacturer HTC (news, site) has even gone as far as marketing a "Facebook Phone" in the HTC Chacha and HTC Salsa. But in China, the prominent Facebook button has been replaced, instead, with that of Weibo.

Windows desktop OS updates used to be celebrated like the second coming, how will Microsoft's (news, site) mobile offerings fare?

The iPhone might be the hottest tech toy out there right now, but it pales in comparison to the amount of change that Android can — and possibly will — bring to the mobile world. With the first open network for users and open platform for developers, everything will change.

Google and T-Mobile recently announced one of the biggest developments in the mobile industry, and things are bound to get very interesting, as the competition heats up between mobile telecommunication companies. Prices will lower, service will expand and functionality will increase. BlackBerry and iPhone, you better watch out.