Archive for the ‘Platforms: iOS’ Category

iPhone Developers Suck at SEO

March 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

Weldon Dodd of The Apple Blog has researched the SEO of the iTunes web preview pages compared to the homepages of various app developers. As it turns out, the web previews have a better placement in Google.

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AE10: Rabobank Steps Into In-App Payments

March 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

In The Netherlands, the Rabobank is a leading bank when it comes to integrating internet and mobile into their strategy. It has been developing many payment systems which are adopted by the general market now.

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AE10: The Smartphone and the Consumer

March 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Ed Achterberg from TelecomPaper held a keynote about the Dutch market for smartphones. It is clear that consumers are still not understanding the difference between hard- and firmware.

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GameTrail’s Userbase Grown 400%

March 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Gametrail announced a 400% increase in their userbase. Not that bad considering the service launched not that long ago. The company also give some stats about their users.

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PG’s iPad Analysis

March 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

While Apple is busy testing new apps and games for the iPad, PocketGamer started crunching over the iPad game announcements they received over the past weeks.

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Apple Starts Selling iPhones in the US

March 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Apple has started to sell iPhones in the US without the obligation to enter into a new contract with operator AT&T. The iPhones will however be simlocked to the AT&T network.

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iPhone Gaining Ground over DS and PSP

March 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: DSiWare, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: PSP Minis | No Comments »

According to the latest research of Flurry, the iPhone is gaining ground over Nintendo’s DS and Sony’s Playstation Portable. Other mobile phones are no competition apparently.

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ComScore: Gaming on iPad no Priority

March 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Bad news for early-bird mobile game developers that hope to monetize on the launch of the iPad. According to a survey from ComScore, consumers are not that interested in playing games on the device.

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Global App Store Pricing Down

March 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

In Distimo’s latest report, the company ranks the prices of the different app stores and markets against each other. Though App Store prices are declining everywhere, there are some interesting differences.