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BlackBerry Push for All

March 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

BlackBerry has announced that its Push services will now be available to all developers of mobile games and applications. This allows developers to leverage the user experience of their apps.

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ComScore: Gaming on iPad no Priority

March 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Bad news for early-bird mobile game developers that hope to monetize on the launch of the iPad. According to a survey from ComScore, consumers are not that interested in playing games on the device.

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Samsung Discusses Windows 7 Upgrades

March 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile, Platforms: XNA | No Comments »

Samsung is talking with Microsoft about the possibility to upgrade several smartphones to Windows Phone 7 Series. Those devices are soon to be launched with Windows Mobile 6.5.

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Global App Store Pricing Down

March 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

In Distimo’s latest report, the company ranks the prices of the different app stores and markets against each other. Though App Store prices are declining everywhere, there are some interesting differences.

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AdMob Updates SDK, Adds Flash Lite

March 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Platforms: Adobe Flash & Air, Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Flash Lite developers can start integrating AdMob’s mobile advertising solution in their apps and games. This is the third add powered platform after iPhone and Android.

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550 Visitors Expected at Android Experience Tomorrow

March 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Events & Conferences, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

MobileGamesBlog.com will be heading over to the Android Experience in Amsterdam tomorrow. According to the organizers, 550 people have bought a ticket for the event which means it is nearly sold out.

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Nintendo Annouces 3DS

March 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear, Platforms: DSiWare | No Comments »

In about a year, Nintendo has plans to release yet another Nintendo DS console. This time it is called the 3DS and it should be able to display 3D graphics without special goggles.

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Apple And the Gift of Giving

March 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Untill now, providing reviewers with mobile games could have been a huge pain. Apart from a limited number of promo codes that could be given out, the functionality was limited to the US.

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Real World Football Brings a Real World Game

March 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

Qneo, a Dutch developer (or at least we
think because of the peanut brand in their video as well as the availability of
Orange shirts in the app) has released a football game with a real-life
multiplayer experience.

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Fisher-Price Enters the App Store

March 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Fisher Price, the brand that reminds us of cute but huge plastic toys for the ‘much to young to own an iPhone’ generation has decided to bring a number of apps onto the App Store.