Archive for the ‘Analysis & Editorial’ Category

Facebakers Launches

November 24th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: Facebook | No Comments »

Most of you probably remember MobileGamesDB, a website that tracks ratings of mobile games from various sources. The makers of that portal have just released a new project called FaceBakers.

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Apple Explains App Approval Process

November 24th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple’s VP of World-Wide Product Marketing Phil Schiller has opened the book on the App Approval Processes at the company. He tries to explainthe, sometimes controversial, rejections that have been reported lately.

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Sony Works on iTunes Competitor

November 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Sony is working hard to pick up the competition with iTunes. It already owns a digital sales channel called PSN (or Playstation Network) and it plans to expend it under the name of Sony Online Services.

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Gameloft Cutting Back on Android, J2me Next?

November 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

When it comes to revenues, it’s no secret that Google’s Android market is performing far from what analysts had imagines when the platform launched. For Gameloft, this is a reason to cut down investments in the platform.

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EU Fines D2C Channels over Scams

November 18th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Following 18 months of investigation on 301 websites that sell mobile content, the EU has decided to fine a large number of direct to consumer channels over ‘Ringtone Scams’.

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ARM Invests in Android Chipsets

November 17th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

ARM has setup a new ‘Android Solutions Center’ in order to ease and speed up development of Android powered hardware. The company hopes it will increase the number of Android powered gadgets on the market.

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Edge vs. Edge Part III

November 16th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The fight of a developer called Mobigame vs. IGDA’s Tim Langdell seems to have taken a new twist. Several Indie developers are now teaming up to battle the ‘Trademark Troll’ over use of the word Edge.

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SE Lowers Signing Prices

November 16th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: J2me | 2 Comments »

Developers who want to get on board of SonyEricsson’s PlayNow Arena Fun & Downloads service will now be allowed to get their J2me games signed at Thawte and Verisign.

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Content Parties Settle over Illegal Mobile Content Subscriptions

November 11th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

A class act lawsuit has been going on in the US, aimed at mBlox, Inc., 2WayTraffic Mobile USA, Inc. f/k/a Emexus Americas, Inc., 2WayTraffic USA, Inc., Dada USA, Inc. d/b/a Dadamobile, Inc., Dada Entertainment, LLC, UPOC Networks, Inc. f/k/a Upoc, Inc., Lavalife, LLC, Mobile Entertainment, Inc., Playphone, Inc., SendMe, Inc., SJA Mobile, LLC, W3i Mobile, LLC f/k/a Freeze Mobile, LLC, W3i Holdings, LLC and Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. over unlawfull recurring charges.

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DevCon: Age Ratings Coming to BB App World

November 11th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

Good news for developers of adult games and applications. RIM is working on an age rating system to allow mature themed content to be sold on BlackBerry App World.