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ComScore: US Smartphone Userbase Increased With 60%

February 9th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Comscore has released it’s latest US smartphone market metrics through their MobileLens report. Android continues to grow in the market while Samsung is now the leading OEM.

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THQ Sells THQ Wireless

February 9th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

THQ has made a rather remarkable transaction by selling off THQ Wireless to 24MAS as THQ also noted that it will remain publishing mobile games on the more successful platforms.

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HTC Invests $40 Million in OnLive

February 9th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

HTC has bought 5.33 million shares prized $7,50 in OnLive, the cloud based gaming service. It is likely HTC made the investment to increase the quality of games that can be played on it’s handsets.

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Creative Mobile labs to Bridge Filmmakers and Gamedevelopers

February 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Qualcomm and the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) have set-up a new company called Creative Mobile Labs. The new company should assist film makers in bringing their projects to mobile.

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GfK: Dutch Consumers Purchased 41.000 Tablets in December

February 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to research from GfK, Dutch consumers have purchased 41.000 tablets in December 2010. The majority of them were iPads from Apple. Samsung took second spot in the charts with about 2.000 Galaxy Tabs.

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Xperia Play Unveiled During Superbowl

February 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

SonyEricsson finally unveiled the existence of the Xperia Play through a commercial in the break of the Superbowl in the US. For all the specs, we will have to wait until Februari 13^th 18:00 (GMT+1).

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LG’s G-Slate Becomes Optimus Pad in Europe!?

February 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | 1 Comment »

LG has announced it will be launching the Optimus Pad during the Mobile World Congress. Given the fact that LG pushed their best mobile products into the Optimus line, we have all reasons to believe it will be the G-Slate.

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Rumor: iOS 4.3 Launch February 14th

February 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

If rumors are right, Apple will publish the iOS 4.3 update on February 14th 2011. iOS 4.3 will be a small upgrade that will deliver a few nice features.

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Xperia Play Commercial Leaks Onto the Net

February 4th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

While leaking the iPhone 4 was huge news in 2010, SonyEricsson seems to aim for a similar status in 2011 with their Xperia Play. Today, we received a tip with the commercial of the device.

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