Android and iOS accounted for three times as much gaming revenue in the first quarter of 2013 as handheld consoles, according to new figures from App Annie and IDC. The Portable Gaming Report Q1 2013 reveals that iOS and Google Play both saw growth in game downloads and consumer spending in the quarter, with iOS now the leader in consumer spending on games. Gaming-optimised handhelds, meanwhile, experienced significant decreases in consumer spending and packaged game shipments in Q1, due to the seasonal nature of their business. The report predicts that Google Play is now likely to surpass gaming-optimised handhelds in 2Q13.

Windows Phone has sneaked past Blackberry into third position among smartphone operating systems worldwide, according to IDC, but its 3.2% market share of devices shipped in the first quarter of the year still pales in comparison compared with Android (75.0%) and iOS (17.3%). Windows Phone shipped 7.0m units in Q1, up 133.3% from Q1 2012, a performance that “helps validate the direction taken by Microsoft and key partner Nokia” according to IDC senior research analyst Kevin Restivo. Nokia accounted for 79.0% of all Windows Phone shipments during the quarter and has now shipped 20.3m Windows Phone devices in total. IDC says that the gains made by Windows Phone “demonstrate both end-user demand and OEM support”. But it is clearly still nowhere near enough to get anywhere near Android, which increased its market share from 59.1% a year ago to 75.0%, shipping 162.1m handsets in the quarter. “Given the relatively low volume generated, the Windows Phone camp will need to show further gains to solidify its status as an alternative to Android or iOS,” Restivo explains.

New Star Trek film Star Trek Into Darkness is the latest high-profile name to get a card-battler game. Star Trek Rivals, available now for iOS, features more than 100 cards based on characters, aliens and spaceships from the new film. Players can challenge their friends or random rivals in card battles, earn Federation Credits to buy new packs of cards and upgrade cards to “Elite” versions.

Nook has updated its iOS apps to include support for Nook Comics, including Zoom View. This feature allows readers to automatically focus in on individual panels in graphic novels and comics, to better appreciate the artwork and storytelling. To mark the launch, Nook is offering a free DC Comics 2013 Superman Sampler to customers who download the updated iOS apps and set up a new Nook account. Other features on the updated apps include animated page turns for Nook Books, the ability to enlarge book illustrations, improved organisation for Nook Newsstand and improvements to PagePerfect/PDF titles.

iOS casual strategy game Pixel People has earned $700,000 through 2m downloads in three months, with the game’s maker, Lambdamu, thanking a distribution deal with publisher Chillingo for this success. Lambdamu CEO Ivan Loo told TechCrunch that the PR blitz driven by Chillingo that accompanied Pixel People’s release was unlike anything the company had seen before. Loo said that the company needed a “PR splash” and went with Chilingo despite the publisher telling them they would not give much support to the game after launch.

Amazon has taken its Cloud Drive Photos service to iOS, after launching on Android last November. The two apps offer largely similar services: both autosave the user’s photos when running; both give users access to their Amazon Cloud photos from their mobile device; and both apps allow users to share their Cloud Drive pictures through email, Facebook and Twitter.

Social video app VideofyMe, which has more than 580,000 users in Scandinavia, has launched globally. The iOS app allows users to create and share short films, which the company claims go beyond traditional digital photography or short videos. Features include 13 filters, each inspired by the lighting of a different city, the ability to refine and merge clips in a simple editing studio and customisation options, such as adding hashtags.

Amazon has updated its Kindle app for iOS to open up e-books for blind and partially-sighted people. The update brings the app into line with Apple’s accessibility features, using the built-in magnification and speech functions in iPhones, iPads, iPod Touch and iPad Mini devices. Avid readers can also, apparently, use the app on these devices to read books via an electronic Braille display.

RuPaul has lent her name to a new endless runner game for iOS that gives a whole new meaning to drag racing. RuPaul’s Drag Race: Dragopolis, a “a fantabulous adventure starring a drag queen fighting for RuPaul”, sees players control the drag queen heroine as she races to the main stage, fighting off evil drag queen Apocalypstyk’s minions, and serving up new looks on the way. The game is free but players can buy outfits, wigs and power-ups for their heroine.