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We hope you all enjoyed the winter holidays! The data elves have now returned from their families and have been hard at work bringing you the latest and greatest new mobile devices from around the globe. Perhaps you have received one of these devices as a gift this year or maybe you are taking your chances with the winter sales.

Now that 2013 is coming to a close, we would like to thank all of our customers for a great year. 2014 will be another milestone year for us, with a major announcement in the works for Q1. Keep your eyes peeled for some big news in the new year.

Just an update for the winter holiday period. The releasing of data will continue over the winter holiday as normal, however, there will be fewer changes in each release due to the data elves going home to see their families.

Web performance is a vital component to creating a great web experience for your users. With this in mind, 51Degrees.mobi have partnered with the GSMA to create a mobile web performance section on the new GSMA smarter apps guidelines.

Last week, Tesco announced that their 'hudl' tablet had sold more than originally predicted, with over 300,000 units being sold in the run-up to the holiday season. This week 51Degrees takes a look at UK web traffic from the 8 most popular budget tablets (below £250) over the last 3 months.

This week 39 new profiles have been added to the device detection database, among them are several feature phones, three smart televisions and a bunch of smartphones. Both the NEO N003 and the Highscreen Alpha Rage make appearances this week.

Earlier this week Amazon reported record breaking sales for this years 'Black Friday', with mobile sales surging by 43% since last year. This week 51Degrees breaks down web traffic from the United States between mobile devices and desktops.

This week 45 new profiles have been added to the device detection database, among them is the Verizon Ellipsis 7.

AdDuplex released a report earlier this week stating that Nokia controls 90% of the windows phone market. This week 51Degrees takes a look at web traffic originating from global windows phone devices.

This week 88 new profiles have been added to the device detection database, among them is the HTC One Max.