Archive for March, 2009

D-I-Y Certification at DeviceAnywhere

March 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Development Platforms | Comments Off

DeviceAnywhere has released yet another handy tool for developers and publishers. From now on, they will be able to do various certification processes themselves.

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Google Removes Android Apps for T-Mobile

March 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | Comments Off

Some Android developers are having a very bad day today. Google has removed various applications from the Android Market as they would violate the usage agreement of T-Mobile USA.

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Update on Disney Mobile

March 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | Comments Off

A few weeks back we reported that a lot of rumors where flying around that Disney was going to stop its efforts in the mobile games market. During the GDC, we received an update from the company about those rumours.

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More details Windows Marketplace Surface

March 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | Comments Off

As the launch of Microsoft's own App Store (Windows Marketplace for Mobile) is nearing, more details have been revealed to the Windows Mobile development community.

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New Xperia Panel Certification Program

March 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Development Platforms | Comments Off

Designing mobile games for Xperia Panels might not be that popular at the moment, but for those that do develop those, or other applications, there will be a certification program to guard the overall quality of the system.

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Zed and Tanla in new JV

March 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | Comments Off

Zed and Tanla Solutions have set up a new joint venture in India. Through this joint venture, both companies hope to successfully exploit the huge Indian mobile VAS market.

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GlobalFun Hires Mikael Nerde

March 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | Comments Off

Mobile game developer and publisher GlobalFun has announced that it will be adding Mikael Nerde to its board of directors. Mikael used to be head of applications acquisitions and content planning at SonyEricsson.

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Windows Mobile adds Widgets

March 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | Comments Off

Following the success of many smaller OS's, Microsoft has finally decided to start adding Widgets to Windows Mobile. The Widget platform will be available from Windows Mobile 6.5 onward.

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Handango Goes Whitelable

March 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | Comments Off

Handango has always been one of the bigger sales channels of mobile content since they started on the early Symbian and Palm devices. Now, they also open up as a full whitelable solution called App Store Accelerator.

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Vodafone MobileClicks 2009 Fund

March 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | Comments Off

At MobileMonday in Amsterdam yesterday, Vodafone announced the plans for the 2009 edition of its MobileClicks fund that aims at helping start-ups enter the world of mobile entertainment and services.