Archive for the ‘Research & Stats’ Category

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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Free Brazilian Mobile Content Report

December 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | 2 Comments »

For those interested in selling or sourcing their content in Brazil, the School of Management of the Politecnico di Milano has released a free 68 pager detailing out the mobile content market.

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AdMob: iPod Owners Still Lag Upgrades

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

AdMob has posted new details on iPhone and iPod usage. Several months after the 3.0 release it seems most iPhone owners have taken the time to upgrade (97%), but iPod Touch owners stay behind (68%).

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iPhone Leading Sales in the US

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

In Nielsen’s latest report, the analyst shows that the iPhone is now holding 4% of the market. With this achievement, Apple has beaten the BlackBerry in one of the most important markets. BB is now second with 3.7% for the 8300 series devices.

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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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Riptide Reveals In-Game Payment Results

November 24th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

iPhone developer Riptide Games has disclosed statistics on their in-game sales in full detail. They will continue to do so over the coming time and we have received permission to copy their details on MGB

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Touchscreens Gain Popularity amongst Consumers

November 3rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to research firm Canalys, consumers in Germany, France and the UK clearly voice their preference for Touchscreens in their next mobile phones.

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Flurry: Books Surpass Games on iPhone

November 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Over the past months, books have become more and more popular on the iPhone. Over the months September and October, more books have been released then games according to Flurry.