The big story this quarter is mobile ads, which the company said accounted for 23% of its ad revenue, a huge leap from the third quarter of last year when it was just 14%.

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And, at this point, the Leap is almost a third the price of the Kinect for Windows 1.5.

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The really big leap forward will come with third-generation handsets.

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The third camera in its series, following the D5000 and the D5100, the Nikon D5200 offers a massive leap in image-quality.

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MetroPCS says it added 249, 000 net new customers in the third quarter, doubling its year-earlier increase, and Leap Wireless says it gained 156, 000 net customers, more than tripling its year-earlier growth.

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But the real leap will come in two years' time with the introduction of third-generation mobile phones, allowing much faster Internet connections.

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