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T-Mobile NL Reacts to iPhone Hacks

November 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

T-Mobile NL has announced that the company will start to work on a solution to avoid the clients with jailbreaked iPhones being hacked via a flaw in OpenSSH.

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Zeebo Launches in Mexico

November 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Brew | No Comments »

Zeebo, the console aimed at the low budget consumer, will be launching on its second Latin American market; Mexico. The console is already supported by various mobile game developers as it only allows game purchases over a 3G connection.

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AppStore Hits 100.000, Officially!

November 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

A few weeks ago, we reported that Apple reched 100.000 apps (depending on the counting source). Last night, Apple confirmed they indeed passed the 100.000 line.

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ngmoco Acquires Miraphonic

November 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

ngmoco continues to make a lot of noise in the industry. Following their successful launch on the app store over a year ago, they just completed their first acquisition of Miraphonic.

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AppStoreHQ Lists App by Twitter Popularity

November 4th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

iPhone users have gained yet another method to discover popular apps on the App Store. The website AppStoreHQ is now listing mobile games and apps based on their popularity on Twitter.

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Flurry: There’s an ‘Addict’ for That

November 4th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Next to e-books overtaking mobile games on the App Store, Flurry revealed another interesting demographic. They tracked the ‘addict’ segment in Apple’s App Store.

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Micropayments Connect Free and Top Grossing Charts

November 4th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Ngmoco has released its Eliminate Pro game on the App Store and as Jon Jordan noticed, it shows how success in the free games chart can translate in success for the top grossing chart as well.

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Financials: Glu’s Q3

November 4th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Glu reported $19.6 Million in revenues, $4.3 Million less than Q3 2008 ($23.9 Million). GAAP loss from operations and net loss were $(2.8) million and $(4.0) million, respectively.

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Low Demand for the iPhone in China

November 3rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

When China Unicom announced to start selling the iPhone in China, we already reported that the number of devices in the first batch was very low for that market. Reports are now coming in that the iPhone is even less popular than expected.

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Touchscreens Gain Popularity amongst Consumers

November 3rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to research firm Canalys, consumers in Germany, France and the UK clearly voice their preference for Touchscreens in their next mobile phones.