Apple Acquires iPad Brand

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

Apple has acquired the rights to the iPad brand from Fujitsu. Apple’s new toy has the same brand name as a device for Fujitsu which had been sold on the US market. The amount Apple paid is unknown.

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iPhone Developers Suck at SEO

March 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

Weldon Dodd of The Apple Blog has researched the SEO of the iTunes web preview pages compared to the homepages of various app developers. As it turns out, the web previews have a better placement in Google.

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AE10: Rabobank Steps Into In-App Payments

March 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

In The Netherlands, the Rabobank is a leading bank when it comes to integrating internet and mobile into their strategy. It has been developing many payment systems which are adopted by the general market now.

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AE10: Layar on Layars, Monetizing Them and EA

March 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: Layar | No Comments »

The second last company to take the stage is Layar. Layer is a very successful augmented reality browser on both iPhone and Android. The company started in 2009 and grown massively.

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AE10: Centralizing the User Experience

March 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: Windows Mobile, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

The biggest sponsor behind the Android Experience was HTC. No wonder they took the stage to discuss where they are heading with Android, how it matches up with Windows Mobile and centralizing the User Experience.

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AE10: The Smartphone and the Consumer

March 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Ed Achterberg from TelecomPaper held a keynote about the Dutch market for smartphones. It is clear that consumers are still not understanding the difference between hard- and firmware.

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AE10: Global Overview of the Android Experience

March 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Yesterday, MGB attended the Android Experience in Amsterdam. With 550 visitors, a few keynotes and about 15 exhibitors it was a nice start for a small country and a market that is still developing.

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GameTrail’s Userbase Grown 400%

March 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Gametrail announced a 400% increase in their userbase. Not that bad considering the service launched not that long ago. The company also give some stats about their users.

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Appy Teams with Fearless Records

March 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Music games and record labels seem to be a great mix as also Appy Entertainment has started making deals with them. In this deal, Fearless Records signs up with the mobile game developer.

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HMV and Orange Developing App Store

March 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

HMV and Orange have announced their plans to release an app store called HMV Games. The app store will be focused at J2me content and should support 1.000 different phone models.