Archive for the ‘Platforms: iOS’ Category

Apogee Heads for the App Store as well

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

Apogee will see a real 90’s PC classic return on Apple’s App Store. In close cooperation with developing company Mobila, the company worked on the revival of ‘Rise of the Triad’.

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3 AU to Sell the iPad

February 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Drei (or Hutchinson) Austria has confirmed the pricing of the iPad 3G on their networks. The device will be sold at

Retrevo: iPad Fails to Convince Buyers

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

In anticipation to the iPad revealing, many consumers had shown interest in this new Apple device. After the presentation however, it turned out that a lot of those consumers have lost interest according to Retrovo.

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AppFund for iPad

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

Kevin Wendle (CNET) and Daniel Klaus (Fabric Group) are looking to invest in iPad developers with fresh ideas. These AppFund investors are willing to spend up to $ 500.000 on them.

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Apple Disallows Android Referencing

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

Last week we notified our readers that Apple no longer allows any LBS data to be used for purely advertising reasons. Now, the giant disallows developers/publishers to mention Android.

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iBomber’s Top Visibility on the App Store

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

iBomber is a huge success for Cobra Mobile. The game has been downloaded will over 1.5 million times since it was released in 2009 and is on the verge of introducing in-game purchases.

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Hudson Starts Weekly Sales

February 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Hudson Entertainment, the US branch of Hudson Soft, has announced a weekly app sale. Every Thursday, a new game will be discounted or go for free for exactly one week.

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Apple Bans LBS Advertising

February 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has put a blog post online in which it asks developers not to use LBS data purely for advertising. Instead, Apple is pushing developers to do something useful with it.

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Glu Tests Augmented Reality Gaming

February 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Location Based Gaming, Marketing Strategies, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

With their latest release, Glu is putting Augmented Reality to the test. In their adventure game ‘1000: Find ‘Em All’, players are challenged to find virtual objects in a real world game.

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iTunes Preview Also for Apps

February 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

From now on, consumers can check iPhone apps from the comfort of their browsers. Apple has upgraded their iTunes Preview system to support this type of content viewing.