Archive for the ‘Platforms: AndroidOS’ Category

Playnow Arena Opens up to Android

December 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

In a special Christmas video, SonyEricsson not only showcases their new Xperia X10 broadcasting possibilities, but the company also announced that developers can start uploading Android content to the Playnow Arena.

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Android Dashboard Launched

December 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Last week, Google launched the Android Dashboard. Through this dashboard, developers can gain insights into the adoption of new Android OS versions by consumers. Android 1.6 is leading the charts.

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Odroid Devkit Available World-Wide

December 13th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

A few months ago, we announced that the Odroid (Android based handheld console) was only available in it's home market; Korea. Starting this week, developers all over the world can order an Odroid Devkit.

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IDC: 300K iPhone Apps vs. 75K Android Apps in 2010

December 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to the latest IDC report, the analysts expect that the App Store will grow to 300.000 mobile apps and games by the end of 2010 and competitor Android will grow to 75.000.

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Flurry: iPod Touch Shows Success

December 7th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Flurry has released some new demographics on the popularity of the iPhone, iPod Touch and Android devices. To their surprise, it seems the iPod Touch is expanding its reach.

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Skyhook Releases Android Developer Survey

December 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Research & Stats | 1 Comment »

Skyhook Wireless, a company specialized in LBS services for both mobile game and application developers, has issues a survey under thirty of their clients to check platform satisfaction on Android.

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Android Developer Challenge 2 Winners Announced

December 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Google’s Android Developer Challenge is over and the company has announced a number of winners. In total, there were 33 winners which makes it one of the biggest competitions we’ve seen to date.

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MiKandi Launches Naughty App Store

November 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

MiKandi has released a new Android based App Store to compete with the original Android Market. The big differentiator will be adult content as MiKandi promotes anything that is legally allowed.

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Sidebar Brings App Discovery Tool to Android

November 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

App Discovery on Android has already been a pain for mobile game developers. With a new product called Sidebar, the Sidebar company hopes to change the way consumers browse the Android Market.