Sharp Announces Two Android Tablets

September 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Sharp is joining the tablet race with two Android based devices. One will be fitted with a 5.5” screen while the second is sold with a 10.8” screen. Needless to say, bigger is better. Read the rest of this entry »

Apple TV Does Run iOS

September 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Last night, it became clear that Apple’s new AppleTV is running on iOS. This news leaked as Apple put iOS 4.1 on their servers for the ‘AppleTV2,1’ device. Read the rest of this entry »

IDC: iAd Takes Market Share from Google

September 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Google has lost 6% mobile advertising market share. IDC expects Apple to be the root of their problem as iAd’s market share rose from 0 to 21% in a single year. Read the rest of this entry »

Unity Engine 3 Revealed

September 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Unity has launched the third instance of its successful 3D engine for iOS, Mac, Android, PC, PS3, Wii, X360 and Webbrowsers. Unity Engine 3 had been delayed several times already. Read the rest of this entry »

Amazon to Launch an Android App Store

September 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

While Amazon has been publishing digital content for a while, the company seems willing to expand into additional platforms, starting with publishing apps for the Android platform. Read the rest of this entry »

RIM’s BlackPad is a PlayBook

September 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

Yesterday, RIM introduced their Playbook, a 7”multimedia tablet that should compete with Apple’s iPad. The Playbook runs an entirely new OS and is expected to hit the shelves by Q2 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

Elite Betting Big on ZX Spectrum for iOS

September 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Yesterday, Apple approved Elite Systems’ Elite Collection (Vol. #1) for iPhone & iPod Touch. With this bundle of games, Elite is offering a new business model to IP owners of ZX Spectrum games. Read the rest of this entry »

EU Plans to End Antitrust Case Apple

September 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Following the recent policy changes for iOS developers, it seems like the EU is planning to end the antitrust investigation it was planning against Apple. Read the rest of this entry »

SonyEricsson Drops Symbian Support

September 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

It seems Nokia will be the only European company to support Symbian the coming time as SonyEricsson announced that it has chosen Android above the good old Symbian platform. Read the rest of this entry »

DeNa Invests in Astro Ape

September 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

No acquisition this time, but DeNa has announced an investment in Astro Ape, a US mobile games developer. Astro Ape is well known for its Office Heroes game on the iPhone. Read the rest of this entry »