Dutch content providers want open mobile internet

September 15th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

Several big Dutch content providers like newspapers, banks and entertainment companies like MTV and Endemol have announced they will research the problems in the acceptance and billing toward consumers for use of the mobile internet. The companies have as a joined goal to open us the mobile internet and get consumers to look past the operator’s portal. They have hired Forrester Research to track the market potential.

New on the blog

September 8th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | 2 Comments »

Today I was going over all information I have over the mobile games industry and figured it might be worth sharing some stuff with you. One of those things is my library of bookmarks. I am currently putting them all in del.icio.us and have made some direct links on the bottom of the right column. Also added, are the pictures I have taken during some of the events I was at. They are not top quality as it’s mostly taken with a crappy camera, but next time I will take a better one with me and actually make some better photo’s regarding mobile

Signing off for a week

August 4th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

Due to holidays, I will be off for a week. Make sure you have us bookmarked in your browser or RSS reader. Subscribing to the mailinglist using the form on the right is also a possibility. We are back the 14th of August!

MOTOGames launched in China

August 1st, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

Motorola announced it’s release of the MOTOGames virtual hypermart for the Chinese market. MOTOGames informs the consumers about games and allows them to download and run demo versions. Downloading can happen both from the mobile phone and from the PC. The first device to support the MOTOGames hypermart is the Motorola E680g. This device is also optimised to support online games from publisher Shanda next to the regular J2me games.

Mobile Games & Gamingblog now available on Feedburner

July 27th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

Yes, after some requests we are finally connected to Feedburner. Please update your RSS readers / custom homepages etc. to get the feeds directly from Feedburner. This allows us to keep track of how many of you subscribe to our feed. Also you can now receive email updates trough the box on our homepage. Thanks for your help!

Bango’s goes D2C

July 27th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

Following companies like Sharewire, Bango now announced their D2C billing schemes. Bango noticed the need for such billing mechanisms as companies like Hands-On pursuit building up their own branded D2C channels to serve a personal customer base. It comes at no surprise that several big content publishers like Hands-On, Capcom and Codemasters already signed up for the service.

Got a minute? Then they have a game for you

August 22nd, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

Ramon Ortega of Los Angeles killed time by using a handheld device to send e-mail while waiting for a northbound Surfliner train in San Diego. From the $200 million business in quickie cell-phone games to such new forms as "Mobisodes"

Start-Up Cellufun Targets Emerging Multi-Player Mobile Gaming Market

August 17th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

Cellufun, LLC today announced the successful closing of its Series A financing, led by Vaux Les Ventures. The mobile gaming company will use the proceeds to accelerate the development and launch of its multi-player gaming portal, cellufun.com.
"The mobile game market is undergoing explosive growth," explained Miles Spencer, Managing Partner at Vaux Les Ventures and host of the popular PBS television show on business development, Money Hunt. "Our investors are excited about the opportunity to participate in a clearly differentiated player at an early stage of its growth." Mr. Spencer will join the Board of Directors of Cellufun and play an active role in its business development. Read on …

Jamdat games available at RadioShack

August 3rd, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

Sprint PCS and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. subscribers now can buy titles from Jamdat Mobile Inc. at more than 5,000 RadioShack Corp. outlets, the electronics retailer said.

RadioShack sales associates will use a branded in-store Web interface to educate users about mobile games, and purchases are billed through monthly carrier invoices. The retailer said it hopes to sell games through other carriers soon. Read on …

IGDA Creates Special Interest Group for Mobile Games

June 8th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | 1 Comment »

The International Game Developers Association, recognizing the quickly growing sector of mobile games, has formed a new special interest group to deal with all issues in the mobile space. The group will provide a knowlege base for developers and will also strive to examine the challenges and opportunities presented by the mobile biz. More …