Posts Tagged ‘Android’

IDC: Android to be 2nd Mobile OS by 2013

January 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: Linux, Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: WebOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

IDC expects Android to be the second biggest smartphone operating system by 2013. By that time, there will be over 390 Million devices in the market that have Google’s OS installed.

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Google Drops Nexus One Price

January 18th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Following the bad sales results, Google has already started to slash the price of their Nexus One Android phone (which will probably lead to more dissatisfied consumers who paid full price).

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Smaato: Symbian is still Dominating – UPDATED

January 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: Windows Mobile, Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to research from Smaato, Symbian is still the leading platform in their advertising network (Based on CTR). Their conclusion is in line with a report from Canalys over the third quarter of 2009.

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Mplayit: iPhone Losing Its Edge In Apps, Cross Platform Titles Prevail

January 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

According to new research from Mplayit, the quality of the Android and BlackBerry App offering is catching up with that of Apple’s much praised iPhone. The quantity however, is still far from there.

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HeroCraft Launches Android Portal

January 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Herocraft has launched a new portal on which consumers can directly purchase mobile games for Android phones. With this move, the company bypasses the Android Market.

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Android 2.1 SDK Released

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

Google has announced the release of Android SDK 2.1. With this new SDK, developers can make full use of the latest features offered on hardware like Google’s own Nexus One device.

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Google’s F*** You iPhone

January 7th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Funbox | No Comments »

Is the Google Nexus really the Android killer? We don’t know, but there seems to be a second device out there which is called the ‘F*** You iPhone’. The device seems to do anything to sabotage iPhone users.

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Admob: Android Increased 97% from October to December

January 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Over the past couple of months, HTC and Motorola delivered a few very important Android devices to the market. Admob collected some numbers on the popularity of the devices in their network.

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Flurry and ComScore’s Present Mobile Audience Measurement

January 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Flurry (which has just merged with Pinch Media) has now announced a new collaboration with ComScore. The two will team up for mobile audience measurement services.

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IO’10 Charles Mcleod

January 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Metaflow is one of those companies that differentiates itself by being a service provider with a product offering that hasn’t got any real competition in the market. Charles Mcleod brought us his vision on what
2010 will be.