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While Jelly Bean and ICS combine for almost 60% of the Android landscape, it's still Android 2.3 Gingerbread that accounts for roughly 36.4% of all Android handsets used in May.

While the gap between Jelly Bean and Gingerbread has narrowed over the last month (4.6 percent point increase and 2 percent point decrease, respectively), it's clear that Gingerbread devices will be around for quite a while. Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich has gone down by close to 2 percent point as well, likely losing some of its share to Android Jelly Bean upgrades - a trend which should continue in the coming months.

It's important to note that starting last month, Android usage calculations are based on the number of devices which manually access the Google Play store, rather than background activations through the Google servers, which arguably is a more accurate reflection of the Android landscape.

The first sign that HTC has reversed its downward spiral was the unconfirmed info that the HTC One had sold 5 million units not long after its end-of-March launch. Now we get something more official from HTC's monthly financial info, which shows a 48% increase in revenue for May compared to April.

The total revenue for May were $969.6 million, just 3.35% down compared to the same month last year. That's quite the reversal, considering HTC was seeing nearly 50% year on year decrease in revenue in the previous months.

The revenue for the January-May period is $3.06 billion, about $1.4 billion from Q1 and $1.6 billion for April and May. HTC should be able to hit its Q2 projection of $2.3 billion in revenue and even surpass it if the increase in sales holds up in June.

Intel introduced the first major upgrade to its Atom line of mobile chipsets with the Bay Trail-T SoC, which features a new microarchitecture and Intel's brand new LTE modem.

The new microarchitecture is called Silvermont and is built on a 22nm process, matching Intel's new Haswell chips. It promises either a 3x performance increase or a 5x energy saving over the current Atoms, depending on what's needed.

The performance increase will come in the form of better single-threaded performance and up to 8 CPU cores, though the first chipset will be quad-core.

The Bay Trail chips will be used in tablets (both Android and Windows 8.1) including 2-in-1 tablets that will launch this holiday season at $399, but also entry level laptops and even desktops. The mobile solutions target 8+ hours of battery life on a 30Wh battery and a 10.1" screen (measured by playing a 1080p@30fps video).

Speaking of video, Intel's chips have support for 4K video decoding and promise great performance for 3D games, but there's no info on the GPU itself.

Smartphones are also in the cards with the Merrifield platform, which is also built on a 22nm process. Intel showcased a reference platform at Computex 2013 but gave no timeline for when such smartphones will hit the market.

The new XMM 7160 modem will be built into some Bay Trail chipsets for global LTE roaming at low power usage. That challenges Qualcomm's dominance in the field, though the Snapdragon maker isn’t standing still either.

Qualcomm has just announced a quad-core edition of its Snapdragon 400 chip, which comes with full LTE support. The chipmaker says the new quad-core Snapdragon 400 is fully compatible with Android and Windows Phone 8, making it the first quad-core CPU available for the Microsoft mobile OS.

This would not only bring Windows Phone 8 back in the game in terms of the number of cores in the handsets it runs on, but also give it cool connectivity features. The chief among them is 802.11ac Wi-Fi, which is currently only to be found in the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4. The rest of the connectivity features include 42Mbps HSPA+, China's TD-SCDMA, Bluetooth, FM, and NFC.

The Snapdragon 400 itself is comprised of four Cortex-A7 CPU cores each clocked at 1.2GHz. This placed the chip in the company's lower mid-range spectrum of products and is targeted at emerging markets.

Speaking of availability, expect the chip to make its debut around the end of the year. Qualcomm will also showcase a reference design tablet that'll be powered by the Snapdragon 400 to demo its computing prowess.

Sony Xperia M has just gone official. It packs a 4.0-inch TFT display of FWVGA resolution and is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus chipset featuring a 1GHz dual-core Krait processor, Adreno 305 graphics and 1GB of RAM.

Sony Xperia M also comes with a 5MP camera using an Exmor RS sensor and capable of 720p video recording, a 0.3MP front snapper for video chats, and 4 GB of expandable storage.

The Sony Xperia M connectivity package includes dual-band Wi-Fi, 3G with HSPA, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC and FM radio. Sony is advertising the Xperia M as a phone with "magical one-touch functions" thanks to its NFC connectivity and dedicated sharing apps.

Sony Xperia M runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with Sony's proprietary skin on top of it. It will be available in four color versions - Black, White, Purple and Lime.

A dual-SIM version of Xperia M is also going to be available. The Xperia M dual has the same specs, except for the extra SIM slot and the lack of Lime color option.

Both Xperia M and Xperia M dual will hit the shelves in Q3 this year, but their pricing is yet to be announced.

If you've ordered the 16GB version of the white Google Nexus 4 in the past couple of days, you may have received a notification that your order is being intercepted and returned to sender.

No word on what the cause could be, and the only information from Google at this point is that it is aware of the issue.

The Google Nexus 4 in white was announced on May 28, and became available on Google Play a few days later. The listing currently has the 16 GB version as being out of stock, while the 8 GB model is unaffected.

We'll be sure to update you on what the cause for the delay is when we know more, but feel free to take a look at our hands-on while you wait.