MU: What can Vodafone Developer do for You

November 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Without doubt, this Mobile Unconference is bigger than any before. We have about 110 people showing up and 22 sessions along 4 different rooms (during the day alone). We start off with Vodafone’s track. Read the rest of this entry »

AR.Drone, Taking Games Beyond the Screen

November 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: Linux | No Comments »

Early November, the AR.Drone was launched in The Netherlands. MobileGamesBlog.com was present and met up with Parrot CEO Henri Seydoux to get all the fine details about this supertoy. Read the rest of this entry »

Appitalism Merges Global App Markets

November 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

A new portal called Appitalism is merging all the large app marketing into one big portal and so, creates a new app discovery eco system for mobile game and app publishers. Read the rest of this entry »

Unity Steps Into Mobile Publishing

November 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

With a new business unit called Union, Unity Technologies will be entering the publishing arena for digital downloads to mobile phones, TV’s and other connected devices. Read the rest of this entry »

First Glu Social Mobile Games hit 1 Million Downloads

November 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Glu’s new social mobile gaming strategy seems to be paying off (at least in downloads) as the first two iPhone games adapting the model have generated 1 million downloads each. Read the rest of this entry »

PlaySpan Enters the Mobile Payments Arena

November 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

If PayPal doesn’t offer enough in-app purchase opportunities, you might want to check out PlaySpan’s new UltimatePay Mobile system. The system allows billing on Android and Nokia phones. Read the rest of this entry »

Secret Exit Moves Away from Chillingo

November 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

This morning, Secret Exit informed players of the original Zen Bound game that the company has moved Zen Bound away from iPhone publisher Chillingo and started self-publishing the title and the successor. Read the rest of this entry »

AppCon: Big App Productions – Hand Held MMO

November 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Richard Hasinki has been creating mobile games and apps for 11 years, starting with WAP and SMS based ones. He is experienced in J2me, Brew, Symbian, iPhone and Android amongst others. Right now, his success comes from an MMO. Read the rest of this entry »

AppCon: The Future of Apps with Nokia and QT

November 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: MeeGo, Platforms: QT, Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

Andreas Jekl explained the OS strategy of Nokia. While many expect Series 40 to be replaced with Symbian, Nokia will remain building S40 devices for the low-end markets. Read the rest of this entry »

iOS 4.2 Rolling Out This Friday!?

November 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Following the release of several iOS 4.2 apps for iPad on the App Store, it looks like consumers can start enjoying iOS 4.2 as of this Friday. The new iTunes should be launching by tomorrow. Read the rest of this entry »