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Need investment?

August 21st, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

A fresh VC company was raised last week called Moshir Venture Partners. Their plans are to invest between 250K and 1 million in mobile entertainment companies.

Open Discussion #1: The future with Flash Lite

August 18th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Open Discussions | 11 Comments »

Welcome to our first invite to all our readers for an open discussion. Today, we want to know what you think about Flash Lite as a technology entering the market of the mobile phone. With Symbian distribution being hindered by locks on S60 3rd edition models, and flash being widely used by webdesigners, the market might face a radical change where a lot of freeware might hit consumer phones. We want your opinion below!

S60 3rd edition, Symbian Signed problems

August 18th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

The Mobile Phone Development Blog reports problems installing Symbian apps and games on operator branded phones from the 3rd edition series 60 devices. Problem is however, it’s not always visible that an operator has branded a phone, meaning consumers will be left in the dark. The problems concern the approval of installation of unsigned software (also known as self-signed). Normally the user will be asked if he allows unsigned software to be installed. In this case however, the user just receives an error message.

Slotland.com announces best gaming phone!?

August 18th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | 6 Comments »

Slotland, known for their web and mobile casino games, announced they have chosen the Motorola Razr as the best device for mobile gaming. The person behind this quote is Martin Smith, mobile games manager at Slotland. The reasons for choosing the Razr? It’s the big screen (176×220 pixels) and because it’s J2me support is the best out there. “and Java is what makes our real-money slot machines work on a phone or PDA” Martin Smith said. Slotland is one of the finalists in the ME Awards for best Mobile Gambling Company. This sounds like a pot to start a discussion on. Which phone would you choose?

Greystripe’s Gamejump launched

August 18th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming | 4 Comments »

For all you following our coverage of Greystripe’s activities in regards to ad subsidized games, we can finally tell you where to find the games. All free games are available from gamejump.com. Content providers are amongst others HandyGames, Ozura and Mobile Vision.

T-Mobile UK launches ‘Play For Prizes’

August 18th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Connected Gaming | No Comments »

In a partnership with Sennari Entertainment, T-Mobile launched a play for prices channel in the UK. This new service allows gamers to win ‘bling’ points which they can trade for actual prices like downloads, electronics and retail vouchers. Games include Monopoly, Snakes, Mahjong and other popular formats.
To boost hits on the service, T-Mobile will hand out an I-Pod each day to consumers that play the games.

Quicklybored’s SuDoKu roundup

August 15th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | 1 Comment »

QB has puzzled, puzzled and puzzled some more in their struggle to find the best SuDoKu game available on mobile. The big winner? It’s Cellufun! Read the full post here.

MauiGames claims first advertgame, but is it

August 15th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming | No Comments »

MauiGames has claimed their release of Hawaii Golf Classics is the first game that is fully paid by advertising in their pressrelease. The sponsoring comes from Kaanapali Golf Courses. The system uses the AdCell technology to deliver and track advertisements during the game. It sounds not only similar to the Greystripe system to me, but also there are a lot of advertgames we have seen in the market more early. Some examples are for example from Overloaded who released a game for Red Bull’s flugtag and for Adidas which don’t require any connectivity. Well

Gameloft to scoops up “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives”

August 15th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Gameloft has plunged fully into TV licenses. After releasing movie hits like King Kong and War Of The Worlds, Gameloft kicked off a few weeks ago with The O.C. and now announces the purchase of the licenses for ABC’s hit series Lost and Desperate Housewives.

"The O.C. was a perfect choice for us because the story line with all of its scandal, intrigue, suspense and drama made for a great mobile game; it gave us a lot of room to play with creatively," Gameloft President Michel Guillemot said. "It’s the same thing with ‘Desperate Housewives’ and ‘Lost.’ Both shows have a massive following that resonates with millions of viewers each week."

Next to the mobile games, we can expect Ubisoft to come with next-gen games for Lost.

EIEF06 Goes Mobile

August 14th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

And the industry has yet another award to battle for as the Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival 2006 has issued a new award for mobile. This time, we may battle over the EIEF Edge award which will be handed out on August 21st. Looking at the nominees list, the award is not aimed at anything specific as the contestants are Dirty Sanchez from Infospace, Doom RPG from EA Mobile, Lumines Mobile from Gameloft and Tower Bloxx from Digital Chocolate. Voting starts August 4th at www.edge-online.co.uk.