Archive for the ‘Platforms: J2me’ Category

Niccolo de Masi Responds to Glu Overhaul Story

February 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

Earlyer this week, we reported on an interview between Jon Jordan and Glu CEO Nicollow de Masi in which the publisher seemed to make clear that J2me would no longer have a real future in the company.

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I-play Discontinues J2me/Brew Development and Distribution

February 11th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: Brew, Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

Rumors have been floating around MGB for weeks, but starting yesterday, I-play started to inform their developers about their intentions to end the support for Java and Brew based mobile games.

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SonyEricsson Releases Touch-Aware SDK

November 16th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

SonyEricsson has revealed their new Java SDK 2.5.0.6. With this new release, not only the Aino and Yari devices will be added, but also the possibility for developers to develop for their large touch-screens.

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SE Lowers Signing Prices

November 16th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: J2me | 2 Comments »

Developers who want to get on board of SonyEricsson’s PlayNow Arena Fun & Downloads service will now be allowed to get their J2me games signed at Thawte and Verisign.

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Is iPhone Piracy a Real Problem?

October 28th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

Lately, there have been a lot of stories where developers complaint over iPhone piracy. Some of them are long time mobile game developers and that made me wonder… is Piracy a problem? Is it even that new?

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Ovi Testing Re-Download Service

September 24th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: J2me, Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

The guys at AllAboutSymbian have uncovered that Nokia is field testing a re-download service for Nokia's Ovi store. This means apps and games will be tied to a person and not a set device.

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SE Details App Store Strategy

September 17th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

In an exclusive interview from ME, Tim Green spoke with Christopher David (Head of Developer and partner engagement at SonyEricsson) about what SE's new app store will be offering toward the development community.

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Nokia Launches MyDailyApp.com

September 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: J2me, Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

Nokia has launched yet another initiative to drive traffic to their OVI Store. With MyDailyApp.com, the company will review one app or game every day and provide a deeplink to it.

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SE Updates J2me SDK

September 7th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

SonyEricsson released version 2.5.0.4 of their J2me SDK. The release holds several bugfixes and should run more stable on Windows Vista systems. Something that apparently was a problem with the previous release.

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HandyGames About PR, QA, Brands, iPhone and Fishlabs

August 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

When we think about Germany, us Dutch think about the war. Though it's probably not for that reason, HandyGames is the first developer we visited that is located in former army barracks.