Archive for the ‘Analysis & Editorial’ Category

Trip Hawkins on Self-Published, Owned IP 1/2

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

Over at DC's blog, CEO Trip Hawkins launched the first of a two part story in regards to self-published, Owned IP and the success of it in Apple's App Store.

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HandyGames iPhone Analysis Part 1

August 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

HandyGames has released some interesting demographics on the App Store today. The company investigated the small details that seem to have been left out of many other reports.

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HandyGames About PR, QA, Brands, iPhone and Fishlabs

August 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

When we think about Germany, us Dutch think about the war. Though it's probably not for that reason, HandyGames is the first developer we visited that is located in former army barracks.

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GDC: Fishlabs on iPhone Marketing, Pricing, Piracy and HandyGames

August 18th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Today we met Andreas Stecher from Fishlabs. He talked with us about their experience with iPhone gaming as well as their platform expectations for the future.

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Lite Versions Boost Sales, So Why Wait?

August 3rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Marketing Strategies, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

TheApplicationFarm has released some insights as to how the release of a Lite version was stimulating their sales. The impact of a Lite version is so big, there is no reason to hold it back.

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VDC: Verizon Opens Developer Advisory Board

July 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

To secure the future of their app store and VDC events, Verizon announced an advisory board to help steer it's developments. In total, 11 content companies have taken place in this initiative.

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AppStores are the future! Or not?

July 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Mobile companies around the world are trying to show us, that their AppStores are the best AppStores. Apple, Google, Nokia, Palm, Microsoft, and many other firms joined the AppStore hunt, and even mobile operators seem to be catching up slowly with preparations on similar launches. Now the question is, is this the future?

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DGADAG: Games & Advertising

July 6th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

One of the group discussions was about games and advertising. Though this was a discussion without mobile developers, it will still be an interesting read through.

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DGADAG: Journalists Are Lazy

July 6th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Last Friday we visited DGADAG, an event from the Dutch Games Association. The event started with a keynote called Journalists are lazy. It featured tips that are important when contacting the press.