Archive for March, 2010

Glownight Pushes 16-in-1 Gamespack Onto iTunes

March 31st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

Glownight has started to offer consumers a 16-in-1 gamespack containing a wide collection of games from their Glow Night collection. This should be the biggest package on the App Store so far.

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Device Anywhere Launches Vivo Package

March 31st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | Comments Off

Users of Device Anywhere can now make use of the Vivo package. Vivo is a Brazilian operator who’s package now features 29 different mobile phones for testing purposes ranging from iPhone to HTC Touch.

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ShiVa 3D Gains iPad Support

March 31st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

Stonetrip has announced that ShiVa 3D, it’s 3D gaming and application development environment, will now support Apple’s iPad. The platform already supported the iPhone as well as Android and PC’s.

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Barry O’Neill Leaves Namco Mobile

March 31st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | Comments Off

He had great ambitions for Namco’s mobile department in Europe, but after Namco outsourced the mobile business for Europe to EA, Barry O’Neill has now left to pursuit his dreams with his own venture.

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Greystripe to Allow Flash Ads on iPad

March 31st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

Greystripe is bringing Flash advertising to the iPad with theit iFlash ad units. Greystripe supported this technology on iPhone already meaning the innovation is mostly in the bigger sizes.

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Gameloft’s Dutch Twitter Account Not Working

March 30th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | Comments Off

Several weeks ago, Gameloft announced to start Tweeting their news in the Dutch language. We started following the company and noticed it is nothing like a smooth ride for them.

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Google to Split Android

March 30th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | Comments Off

According to rumors, Google has plans to split Android up. That way, consumers can get access to API’s of future Android versions without having to wait for vendors and operators to make new firmware available.

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iPhone HD Rumors Surface

March 30th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

With the summer ahead, the first reumors about a new iPhone model are surfacing. According to the information we received this morning, the new model will be called the iPhone HD.

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FreeAppADay.com Changes Business Model Again

March 30th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

The popular free games website FreeAppADay.com has announced yet another new business model and in all honesty, this one is actually looking very interesting for developers small and big.

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iPhone OS 3.2 SDK Ready

March 30th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | Comments Off

Following the release of several Release Clients, Apple has now made the final version of the iPhone OS 3.2 SDK available to developers. This version of 3.2 is called the Gold Master version.