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Vodafone to Migrate From Live! To MyWeb

July 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Vodafone Netherlands has confirmed that the operator will start migrating consumers away from it's Live! portal somewhere in the next few weeks. The same will happen in 7 other countries.

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AppStores are the future! Or not?

July 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Mobile companies around the world are trying to show us, that their AppStores are the best AppStores. Apple, Google, Nokia, Palm, Microsoft, and many other firms joined the AppStore hunt, and even mobile operators seem to be catching up slowly with preparations on similar launches. Now the question is, is this the future?

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N97 Gets N-Gage

July 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

The Nokia N97 is without doubt one of the most popular devices in the company's portfolio. Though it was unsure if it would be connected to N-Gage at launch, a dedicated client was released last week.

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O2 Developer Contest

July 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

O2's Litmus team has set up a contest for iPhone developers. If you provide the winning app, you can take home

Agon Passes 200 Developers

July 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 5 Comments »

Agon, an iPhone community we haven't discussed before, has announced that the company has 200 developers signed up and sees Agon powered games launching on a regular basis.

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Flash Player 10 Hardware Support Details

July 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Adobe Flash & Air | No Comments »

Following the news of Adobe's plans to bring Flash Player 10 to mobile devices, we received more information on the additional hardware support offered by the player.

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Gamevil Plans IPO – UPDATED

July 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

By the end of this month, Gamevil will be a listed company on the Korean stock trading market (KOSDAQ). By taking this step, the company hopes to raise $10.1 million.

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OneApp, Another MS App Store?

July 21st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Weblog iStartedSomething stumbled upon a trademark application from Microsoft for the name OneApp. The filing suggests MS is working on a second App Store for mobile devices.

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Palm’s Mojo SDK Goes Public

July 21st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

Palm has announced that the company handles 1.8 million downloads through their spp store. At the same time, the Mojo SDK has been made public by the company.