Archive for the ‘Smartphones & Tablets’ Category

New iPods, New Mobile Games

September 9th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Apple Last week, Apple introduced a line of new iPods which should make mobile gamers really happy. EA Mobile and Namco also announced new upcoming games for the devices.

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SonyEricsson Does N-Gage

September 9th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Sonyericsson Lately the web is swarming with rumours on the PSP phone and yes, even we made some statements about the possibilities about a year back. Now according to Mobile Entertainment, it should be ready in Feb.

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Nokia’s iPhone Details

August 30th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Nokia_2 Rumours where going around for some time that Nokia had planned an iPhone like device. At yesterday’s Go Play event, they opened the box on their new device.

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Sony Ericsson Opens Online J2me Testing

August 22nd, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Sonyericsson Developers can now get their devices tested on pre-commercial devices even faster then before as Sony Ericsson and Mobile Complete team up to support the Sony Ericsson Developer World.

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The iPhone, 500K Consumers Gone

July 3rd, 2007 by Anonymous Blogger Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | 1 Comment »

Apple The iPhone, a great phone with even better marketing, has sold over half a million units in one weekend in the US. What does this mean for the mobile games and content industry?

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New Patent Uncovers Playstation Phone

June 4th, 2007 by Anonymous Blogger Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Rumours have been stacking up for ages around the possibility of a PSP like mobile phone coming to consumers world wide. Now, a new patent from SonyEricsson proves the phone is probably in development.

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Bandai and Playphone Launch Tamaphone in the US

March 29th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

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Bandai and Playphone announced to Mobile Entertainment Magazine about
the launch of their Tamagotchi styled mobile phone and content portal.
The phone is a re-skinned Motorola V190 and is offered as a Cingular
pre-paid package.

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Motion Sensing for Mobile Games

March 26th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Several companies have released a message to the industry about the possibility for inserting motion sensing into mobile phones. While most examples are for application use, it would greatly benefit mobile game design. Before we know it our mobile gaming experience will be Wii’fied. The full article can be found at Cnet.

GDC: N-Gage 2.0

March 5th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

At GDC, Nokia made fresh announcements around their second edition of the N-Gage mobile gaming platform. Amongst these announcements are the list of developers, titles they are working on and tools for developers.

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Nokia’s Newest Patent, The Mobile Joystick

February 28th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Nokia has patented a new joystick design for mobile. To make mobile games better to play, consumers should pull out their stylus from their phones and insert it right into the d-pad. Personally I don’t see it happening, but who knows 🙂