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Developers Form App Treasures Label

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

Five independent iPhone developers have started up a collective mobile games label called App Treasures. With the label, they hope to strengthen their position toward big publishers moving in.

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iPhone “2009” Dutch Launch Confirmation; Fragmentation Coming?

June 7th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

Via a screenshot of the T-Mobile Activation System (TAS), the operator kind of confirmed a Dutch launch for 5 new iPhone 2009 models. If that is the final name is unsure for now.

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HandyGames to Stay SE Aggregator

June 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | 1 Comment »

Following the news earlier today, we contacted some people in the industry to see what impact the SonyEricsson / GetJar deal will be to current aggregators GlobalFun and HandyGames.

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SE Sticks Java onto Low End 3G Devices

June 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

SonyEricsson has announced that the company will make available Java on their entry level 3G phones that are meant for distribution in countries like China.

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Microsoft Releases Windows Mobile 6.5 SDK

June 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

I have to admit that since I installed Windows Mobile 6.5 on my HTC Touch Pro, I am finally satisfied with the platform (and actually feel like a happy WM user for the first time). Now, the company has released their 6.5 SDK.

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JavaOne: SE and GetJar Team up on App Store

June 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

It seems like SonyEricsson is about to unleash more competition on their decks as they announced a cooperation with GetJar for their own (GetJar Managed) App Store.

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Symbian Launched Developer Portal Beta

June 3rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

Some months ago, Symbian launched a public Beta for their development site. Though the team says it is still far from finished, the site is now in public beta stage.

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JavaOne: Verizon, Home of Brew… and Java!

June 3rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

Verizon's strategy has always been to provide hardware and services based on Qualcomm's Brew platform (as much as possible). During JavaOne, the company has announced that it will also start supporting Java.

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Player X to Distribute Apps Toward Orange UK

June 3rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Good news for application developers. Orange UK and Player X have started to distribute mobile (lifestyle) applications towards the operator's customer base.

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Zed Acquires Temafon

June 3rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 4 Comments »

Zed seems to be on a more aggressive acquisition path then expected. Nearly 2 months after their acquisition of Player X, the company now bought their second Russian company; Temafon.