Archive for the ‘Platforms: AndroidOS’ Category

Motorola Takes Android App Market in Own Hands

January 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

With the possible retreat of Google from the Chinese market, both developers and vendors fear for the sales of their applications and games. To avoid problems, Motorola has decided to launch their own Android Market.

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Google Drops Nexus One Price

January 18th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Following the bad sales results, Google has already started to slash the price of their Nexus One Android phone (which will probably lead to more dissatisfied consumers who paid full price).

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Flurry: Nexus One Sales Below Expectations

January 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Last week we have witnessed the launch of Google’s superphone, the Nexus One. The launches was plagued by problems with 3G connectivity and consumers not knowing where to go with them.

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Smaato: Symbian is still Dominating – UPDATED

January 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: Windows Mobile, Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to research from Smaato, Symbian is still the leading platform in their advertising network (Based on CTR). Their conclusion is in line with a report from Canalys over the third quarter of 2009.

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Mplayit: iPhone Losing Its Edge In Apps, Cross Platform Titles Prevail

January 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

According to new research from Mplayit, the quality of the Android and BlackBerry App offering is catching up with that of Apple’s much praised iPhone. The quantity however, is still far from there.

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HeroCraft Launches Android Portal

January 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Herocraft has launched a new portal on which consumers can directly purchase mobile games for Android phones. With this move, the company bypasses the Android Market.

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Android 2.1 SDK Released

January 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Google has announced the release of Android SDK 2.1. With this new SDK, developers can make full use of the latest features offered on hardware like Google’s own Nexus One device.

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OpenFeint to Support Android

January 7th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Last month, OpenFeint competitor Scoreloop announced to start supporting Android phones with their platform. In an interview with GameZebo, the company announced to follow this move with their Android SDK, but they don’t know when yet.

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Google Takes Nexus One D2C

January 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

The Nexus One has just become reality and with the launch of the device, Google is going D2C as consumers from the US, UK, Singapore and Hong Kong can order the device directly at the company.

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Admob: Android Increased 97% from October to December

January 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Over the past couple of months, HTC and Motorola delivered a few very important Android devices to the market. Admob collected some numbers on the popularity of the devices in their network.