The iTunes Nudity Soap Continues

March 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

While the world is still in shock over the loss of nudity on iTunes (except for that from well established publishers like Playboy), new apps with nudity seem to arrive on the App Store.

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Nokia and China Mobile Agree on Ovi Store

March 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

Nokia and China Mobile have agreed to have Nokia’s Ovi Store pre-installed China Mobile’s Nokia devices. Consumers can browse and download from the store without data charges from the operator.

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NPD: Apple Owners Most Interested in iPad

March 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

According to NPD’s latest research, Apple owners are 40% more interested in buying an iPad then non-Apple owners. Much like when the company introduced the iPhone a few years back.

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Google Search Removed from Chinese Androids

March 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

With the battle for free/uncensored search between Google and China continuing, the first mobile companies have started to prepare for a Google Ban in the Chinese market.

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iPad App Store, First Impression

March 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Those who are interested in what the App Store for the iPad will be looking like can enjoy the video below. It shows all features we already know from iTunes and a coverflow mechanism for spotlight apps.

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First Batch of iPads Sold Out

March 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has been taking on pre-orders for about two weeks now and it seems the company is hitting the end of their current supplies. Any new pre-orders will not ship before April 12th.

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GetJar Launches on Rogers

March 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

GetJar signed a new deal with Rogers, the Canadian carrier, to facilitate their App Store. This latest deal will certainly grow the userbase of GetJar and will be a welcome addition to developers on it.

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Google and Carriers Share Android Search Revenues

March 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

To persuade operators to continue taking up Android devices in their phone offerings, Google is offering operators a part of the revenues originating from search results on the devices.

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Palm not Happy with Overclocking

March 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PalmOS | No Comments »

Recently, several developers have released patches to overclock devices based on WebOS. As a lot of developers have been praising them in order to deliver faster games and apps, the company now reacted officially.

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Nielsen: iTunes Best and Windows Marketplace Worst App Store

March 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Nielsen has surveyed 4.000 consumers about their usage of app stores. The survey shows that consumers are very satisfied about Apple, but are less happy with Microsoft’s efforts.