Archive for April, 2009

HandyGames Turned 9!

April 26th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | Comments Off

Last Monday was a new milestone for HandyGames. The Germany based mobile games developer has started on its tenth year of business.

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Windows Mobile 6.5 Delayed

April 26th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | Comments Off

Microsoft has chosen to delay the release of Windows Mobile 6.5. 6.5 is meant to be bridging the gap between Windows Mobile 6.5 and Windows Mobile 7.

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App Store Downloads Pass One-Billion!

April 26th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

Though we wanted to start with ‘Finally!’, it is actually amazing that Apple has managed to push over one billion app store downloads since the start, but what does it mean?

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Megu Launches Android AppStore

April 26th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | Comments Off

Megu has announced their AppStore concept for Google’s Android platform. With the release of their platform, the company hopes to provide consumers a good alternative for the default store ran by Google.

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EatWillGrow Uses Twitter as Leaderboard

April 26th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | Comments Off

Though most developers refer to Twitter as a way to communicate about games toward the community, Kode80 has actually adopted it as vital part of its EatWillGrow game in the hope to trigger a viral effect.

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iDonkeyKong, Apple Hasn’t Learned…

April 26th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

Last month, we reported the seize and desist letter that Nintendo sent to the developer of the Duckhunt game that was being sold in the App Store as well as Nintendo’s mission to take the Game & Watch collection offline. Now, Apple approved iDonkeyKong.

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MEDL Uses Crowd Sourcing for Fresh Ideas

April 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | Comments Off

MEDL has introduced a new way to aggregate smart ideas for new mobile games and applications. Instead of hiring some whizzkids, the company is utilizing crowd sourcing through their newest app.

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Nokia Moves Widsets to Ovi

April 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | Comments Off

Following the closure of Mosh, Nokia is now taking another big step in their portal strategy as it will close down their Widsets service and integrate it into the Ovi Store.

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Baby Shaker Kicked from App Store

April 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

The Baby Shaker was probably one of the most controversial apps that launched in the past weeks. Following numerous complaints from human rights organizations, Apple has now removed the app from the App Store.

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WWF China Starts Mobile Campaign

April 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | Comments Off

The World Wildlife Fund in China has chosen to use an augmented reality mobile game to inform China’s youngsters about the importance of the environment they live in. The game will mainly target the ones living in the big cities.