Archive for the ‘Platforms: iOS’ Category

4.0: Multitasking is a Go

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The first new feature for the iPhone OS is the biggest. Multitasking will come to the iPhone though Apple will put some limitations in place to guarantee performance of the device.

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4.0: Sales Update

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The iPhone 4.0 unveiling started off with some sales details (as usual). At the moment, the iPad sales are soaring. 450.000 units are out on the streets and Best Buy is out of stock.

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Greystripe Advertisers Prefer iFlash

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Just before Apple will start to make announcements on ther iAds platform (or at least, so we still believe they will), Greystripe announced survey results that back their iFlash advertising format.

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Plus+Problems for ngmoco

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

We Rule is one of the most talked about iPhone titles from ngmoco, but it seems the game is so popular, it is leading to capacity problems for their Plus+ social gaming network.

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Scrabble for iPad Requires iPhones

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Scrabble for the iPad has a pretty unique feature that will make every geek want to have it. That feature is that iPhones are utilized as tile racks. While in multiplayer, it actually feels like a boardgame.

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App Store Workaround for Foreign iPad Owners

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The obligation to use iTunes on any computer connected to an iPhone OS driven device is not that new. What is strange however is the difference between the accessibility between the App Store on the iPad and that on iTunes.

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Distimo: Games More Popular on iPhone than on iPad

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Distimo has sent out a special report in relation to the launch of the iPad late last week. The report shows that most iPad apps are games, but they are not as popular as on the iPhone.

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Q1 Stats: Big Blue Bubble Best Publisher

April 7th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | 3 Comments »

In cooperation with iGameStats, MGB will be releasing a quarterly quality report for the App Store. In this edition, Big Blue Bubble turns out to be the best publisher and Plants vs. Zombies is the best game.

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Chitika: Over 0.5 Million iPads Sold

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

Chitika Labs has launched a counter on their website that shows the number of iPads sold. Around 15:45 (GMT+1), the counter passed 500.000 units and it is at 501.000 at the time of writing.

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More Rumors on Thursday’s Apple Event

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

As the iPhone 4.0 unveiling draws closer, more rumors start dripping into our mailbox. Though we will be doing a liveblog tomorrow at 19:00 GMT+1, here’s some of the stuff we deem probable;