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Scrabble for iPad Requires iPhones

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Scrabble for the iPad has a pretty unique feature that will make every geek want to have it. That feature is that iPhones are utilized as tile racks. While in multiplayer, it actually feels like a boardgame.

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App Store Workaround for Foreign iPad Owners

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The obligation to use iTunes on any computer connected to an iPhone OS driven device is not that new. What is strange however is the difference between the accessibility between the App Store on the iPad and that on iTunes.

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Distimo: Games More Popular on iPhone than on iPad

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Distimo has sent out a special report in relation to the launch of the iPad late last week. The report shows that most iPad apps are games, but they are not as popular as on the iPhone.

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Hands-On Licenses Fieldrunners

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Hands-On has licensed the very successful Fieldrunners brand from Subatomic. Fieldrunners is one of a few very successful iPhone titles that now find their way back into the classic mobile games industry.

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Microsoft Reconsidering Multitasking on Phone 7

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: XNA | No Comments »

In an interview with Charlie Kindle from Microsoft, the exec announced to Dutch tech site tweakers.net that the strategy for multitasking isn’t fully set. There might be exceptions.

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Vodafone to Launch Android App Shop

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | 1 Comment »

According to developer BlueMedialab, Vodafone is about to launch their own version of the Android Market. It will be called Android App Shop and it will launch in 8 European markets.

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Mobile Distillery: Testing Helps

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Mobile Distillery turns five and so, the testing house is using the momentum to tell developers that testing helps to discover bugs and other errors in games and apps that can ruin the consumer experience.

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PocketGamer Readers’ Choice 2010 Winners

April 7th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | 1 Comment »

Following the announcement of the PocketGamer Awards during the CTIA, the site has now announced the winners of the Readers Choice Awards 2010 for iPhone, Mobile and Handheld.

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Q1 Stats: Big Blue Bubble Best Publisher

April 7th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | 3 Comments »

In cooperation with iGameStats, MGB will be releasing a quarterly quality report for the App Store. In this edition, Big Blue Bubble turns out to be the best publisher and Plants vs. Zombies is the best game.

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Chitika: Over 0.5 Million iPads Sold

April 7th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Chitika Labs has launched a counter on their website that shows the number of iPads sold. Around 15:45 (GMT+1), the counter passed 500.000 units and it is at 501.000 at the time of writing.