Windows Mobile 6.5 Becomes Windows Mobile Classic

February 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

With the new naming of Windows Mobile 7 to Windows Phone 7 Series, Microsoft has announced it will also be renaming Windows Mobile 6.5 to Windows Mobile Classic.

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iVdopia Expands to Android

February 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Following their successful pre-app and in-app advertising system on the iPhone, iVdopia has announced it will soon release their SDK for Google’s Android operating system.

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App Store Adds 12 new Markets

February 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Though they might not sound like big money makers, Apple has added 12 new markets to the App Store in which you can now start to sell your apps and mobile games.

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Apple Bans Suggestive Games

February 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Adult Games, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Wobble, probably one of the most erotic non-erotic apps on the app store and several other apps showing babes have been removed from iTunes after Apple changed its guidelines.

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Namco Licenses Flight Control for non-iPhone Platforms – UPDATED

February 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

This is one that no one saw coming. After transferring their European non-iPhone business to competitor EA Mobile, Namco now announces to have licensed Flight control for non-iPhone platforms.

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Windows Phone 7 Development Based on XNA

February 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: XNA | No Comments »

WMPowerUser managed to get hold of the first Windows Phone 7 Series development documents. It turns out that development for Windows Phone 7 Series will be similar to that for the Zune, in XNA.

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MWC: Flexion Wraps Android Games

February 18th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Following the success of Flexion on the J2me market, the Accumulate development team has now also developed a wrapper for Android. This new wrapper will have the same features as the J2me version.

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Google Working on Android JIT Compiler

February 18th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | No Comments »

Applications and games for Android might get a serious performance boost later this year as Google has announced to be working on a Dalvik JIT Compiler. This move could boost performance up to 300%.

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iPad Causes iPhone Development Peak

February 18th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Flurry has calculated that the introduction of Apple’s iPad lead to an increase in iPhone OS development interest. The company has seen development activity triple in January.

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Glu Appoints Olivier Bernard as new GM EMEA

February 18th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Olivier Bernard has received a great promotion at Glu as the former sales director has now been appointed as the new general manager for the company’s EMEA business.