The ultraslim PC market, which includes ultrabooks and the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with Retina display, is set for explosive growth in the coming years, according to one researcher. Last year, just 3.4 million ultraslim PCs were shipped worldwide. By 2015, that figure will grow to 65 million, according to new data from NPD …

Google will announce a new Android version next month, according to a new report. At some point in November, Google will co-host an event with LG where it will unveil Android 4.2, according to blog Android And Me, citing a source. The Android tracker says that LG will take the opportunity to show off its Optimus G Nexus, a device …

AT&T and Nokia will announce a partnership on the upcoming Lumia 920 later today, according to a report. AT&T will carry the Lumia 920 in the U.S., Bloomberg is reporting today, citing sources. AT&T won’t immediately sell the Windows Phone 8-based device, according to Bloomberg’s sources, but it’s likely the device will be made available to its customers sooner rather …

Google has further evaluated Motorola Mobility’s business and has found more parts that it wants to dump. The company said today in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it has identified additional areas in which it plans to cut staff and restructure the mobile firm. Google says that those actions will occur outside of the U.S. and …

TomTom today launched its flagship Navigation for Android application. But there’s one problem: it won’t work on some of the top Android devices today. The new app, which is available in the Google Play store, includes full offline support and free use of the maps over its lifetime. According to TomTom, the program includes live traffic information and locations of …

Nokia may be trying to sell its headquarters. In an interview with Reuters published today, a spokeswoman for the embattled mobile company said that Nokia is “evaluating different options for non-core parts, such as real estate holdings, and that includes the headquarters.” In a follow-up statement to CNET, Nokia spokesman Brett Young confirmed that Nokia is considering selling real estate, …

HTC has announced a new and improved One X. Dubbed the One X+, the device is basically a refreshed version of the same One X HTC is already selling. The handset comes with Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and nixes the One X’s 1.5GHz quad-core processor available in the global version for a 1.7GHz quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 chip. The One …

Despite its elderly status in the Android world, Gingerbread is still the man. Google yesterday updated its Android developers page, revealing that Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) is running on 55.8 percent of all Android devices. Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) came in second place with 23.7 percent share. Interestingly, the latest Android version, Jelly Bean, was only able to muster 1.8 …

Google Play will soon have another competitor. Russian search engine Yandex announced today that it will soon launch an “alternative” application marketplace for Android users. Dubbed Yandex.Store, the marketplace will offer nearly 40,000 applications and allow vendors to bundle another app store into their devices. Yandex.Store is also a white-box offering, meaning vendors can place their own branding on top …

Apple’s App Store has always offered the most apps to users. But that could change. Google announced yesterday that its Google Play store now offers 675,000 applications. Apple announced earlier this month that its store had 700,000 applications available. Both Google and Apple’s apps stores launched in 2008. However, as Inside Mobile Apps pointed out yesterday, Apple’s option has historically …