Archive for the ‘Platforms: AndroidOS’ Category

Quake 3 Ported to Android in a Few Days

February 24th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

A Dutch amateur programmer has ported ID’s Quake 3 to Google’s Android platform. The developer said it took him hardly any time to convert the code, but optimizing it took ‘many days’.

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iVdopia Expands to Android

February 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Following their successful pre-app and in-app advertising system on the iPhone, iVdopia has announced it will soon release their SDK for Google’s Android operating system.

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MWC: Flexion Wraps Android Games

February 18th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Following the success of Flexion on the J2me market, the Accumulate development team has now also developed a wrapper for Android. This new wrapper will have the same features as the J2me version.

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MWC: Google Pleased with Android Performance

February 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

During his speech about Google’s mobile ambitions, Eric Schmidt also took the time to tell the listeners more about the results of Google’s Android platform which was launched over a year ago.

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MGB @ Android Experience

February 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Events & Conferences, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

On the 24th or March, the Android Experience will take part in Amsterdam. The Android Experience is aimed at Android developers and marketers from The Netherlands. MGB will be reporting from the event.

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Dalvik Turbo to Speed Up Android

February 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Myriad has announced a replacement virtual machine for Android that increased application speed by three times. Next to speeding up, the company also claims that it will save your battery.

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DYZPlastic Comes with Android Collectibles

February 2nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Funbox, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Monetizing an open platform can be a hard thing, but we can always count on Google to find a new way to do it. This time the giant hooked up with a firm called DYZPlastic for some sweet merchandising.

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WinMo/Android DualBoot

February 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Developers on a tight budget can now use Windows Mobile devices to test both their Windows Mobile applications and games as well as those for Google’s Android platform.

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Distimo’s December App Stores Report

January 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Distimo has released a new report on App Store usage over a variety of platforms and the developers behind those platforms. One of the findings shows EU developers price their apps 49% higher compared to the US.

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IDC: Android to be 2nd Mobile OS by 2013

January 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: Linux, Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: WebOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

IDC expects Android to be the second biggest smartphone operating system by 2013. By that time, there will be over 390 Million devices in the market that have Google’s OS installed.