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Ovi Stats Update

April 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Currently, Ovi is generating over 1.6 million downloads a day and the store is backed by developers from 80 countries. Nokia’s Ovi Store supports over 100 devices of which over 60 are Symbian based.

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Apple to Ban Flurry and Distimo?

April 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

It seems Apple is kicking more third party service providers out the App Store with the release of iPhone OS 4.0. In the recent TOS change, developers are no longer allowed to device data.

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Vodafone Commits to the iPad

April 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Vodafone has announced it will be launching the iPad 3G in five countries. It is not clear if the deal is exclusive, but at least it shows there is love between Apple and Vodafone as well.

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iPad Faces International Delays

April 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Due to the massive success of the iPad in the US, Apple has decided to delay the international launch of the device even more. The delay should not be more than a month which means it will hit the shelves end of May.

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Huawei Also Eyeballing Palm

April 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

Next to HTC, Reuters expects Huawei to already be talking with Palm about a takeover. Huawei is a competitor of HTC that is known for many operator branded phones in Europe and the US.

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Google Hires Mark DeLoura for Gaming Push

April 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Google has announced the appointment of Mark DeLoura as Developer Advocate for video games. With this appointment, Google further commits to the (mobile) gaming industry.

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Apple to Remove Rating Pop-Ups

April 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Since Apple started to allow apps on the iPhone, the company has been asking users to rate them upon deletion. This functionality will however be removed in iPhone OS 4.0.

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Unity CEO Promises ‘Uninterrupted Service’

April 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

Unity 3D is one of the pre-compilers likely to be banned from the App Store due to the new TOS Apple introduced with the iPhone OS 4.0 beta version. Unity believes there will be a solution.

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First iPhone Reaches ‘End of Life’

April 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

During the introduction of iPhone OS 4.0, Steve Jobs already announced that 4.0 would not be fully backward compatible. As so, the 3G models would not receive multitasking support.

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Digital Chocolate Generated 4 Mln Downloads on Ovi

April 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Digital Chocolate is celebrating four million downloads on Nokia’s Ovi store. It is unclear at the moment how many of them have been paid downloads since Nokia is running promotions on the games.