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Odroid Devkit Available World-Wide

December 13th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

A few months ago, we announced that the Odroid (Android based handheld console) was only available in it's home market; Korea. Starting this week, developers all over the world can order an Odroid Devkit.

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Player One goes Belly Up

December 13th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

As I said, we will try to keep covering the big news during my Prague trip and the minute I get into my hotel room, it's Player One all over the mailbox. The company went bust and ROK (who started to acquire it) is not happy at all…

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Sony Enables Minis on PS3

December 9th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PSP Minis | 2 Comments »

Consumers worldwide will be able to take their purchased minis games to the big screen with the soon to be released ‘and optional’ 3.15 patch for their Playstation 3 consoles.

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IDC: 300K iPhone Apps vs. 75K Android Apps in 2010

December 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to the latest IDC report, the analysts expect that the App Store will grow to 300.000 mobile apps and games by the end of 2010 and competitor Android will grow to 75.000.

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Apple Slashes 1K Apps for Fake Reviews

December 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | 3 Comments »

Apple has taken down all one thousand apps from a developer called MoLinker. The reason for taking them down is a huge amount of fake reviews to propel it’s title upward in the charts.

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Samsung’s Market Survey Results

December 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

With the release of Bada, Samsung also exposed the results of some consumer research they did. Samsung’s survey was held under feature phone owners in France, the UK and Italy.

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Samsung Launches Bada Developer Challenge

December 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Bada | No Comments »

At the Bada presentation, Samung also announced the Bada category for the Samsung Developer Challenge. The company set up a price pot worth $ 2.7 Million in total.

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Bada Unveiled

December 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Bada | No Comments »

Today, Samsung showed the first version of the Basa OS to the public. With the Bada platform, Samsung hopes to build a smartphone platform that will address the needs of many different consumer types.

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148Apps Launched second Best App Ever Awards

December 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

For the second time, 148Apps.com will be launching the Best App Ever awards. The awards from 148Apps.com are known for having a winner in each and every category (that’s 56 in total!).