Sony Debuts Floating Touch Technology

March 13th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Today, Sony introduced their new Xperia Sola smartphone. The device, running on a 1Ghz dual-core CPU and Android 2.3 (ICS upgrade coming) introduces a new technology to developers called Floating Touch. Read the rest of this entry »

PaymenOne Becomes PayOne

March 13th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Direct billing provider PaymentOne has started its rebranding operations as the company will now proceed as PayOne. The company has been operating under its original name over the past twelve months. Read the rest of this entry »

Munster: Apple to Sell 1mil iPads on Day One

March 13th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

This Friday, consumers will receive their iPads by mail (if not delayed) or line-up for hours at the many Apple and other electronics stores that will start selling The New iPad. Gene Munster expects Apple to sell over a million of them on the first day of sales. Read the rest of this entry »

Nielsen: iOS Popular with Handheld Gamers

March 13th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

According to new research at Nielsen, iOS devices upped total playtime by seven percent year-on-year between 2011 and 2012. The study also shows that iOS devices are very popular with handheld gamers. Read the rest of this entry »

Samsung Starts UCS Rollout on Galaxy S II

March 13th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Samsung has started rolling out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to owners of the popular Galaxy S II smartphone. Samsung will phase-out the update over the next few days. Read the rest of this entry »

Sony to Launch Windows Phone Devices!?

March 12th, 2012 by Roelof Posted in Platforms: Playstation Vita, Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

With the change from Sony Ericsson to Sony, comes not only a name change. The company seems to be interested in exploring opportunities with Microsoft again. Sony Ericsson’s first Xperia device ran Windows Phone. Read the rest of this entry »

Free Lumia 710’s for Dutch Developers

March 12th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Nokia and Microsoft have announced a new deal for Windows Phone developers in The Netherlands. Developers that are able to push out three new apps on Windows Marketplace before the end of June get a free Lumia 710. Read the rest of this entry »

Mika Mobile Ends Android Development

March 12th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Developer Mika Mobile has put a new article online on their blog in which the developer explains why it will seize to develop Android games. The main reason, the money, the second, annoyance with the market. Read the rest of this entry »

Nokia to Terminate its Wallet Services

March 12th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Nokia Money was first announced in 2009 to serve as the first digital form of money in many countries where consumers don’t have bank accounts. The service was launched late last year. Read the rest of this entry »

Microsoft to Change XBLA Restrictions!?

March 12th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: XNA | No Comments »

Developers that are working on Windows Phone and Xbox Live Arcade games are expected to see changes in Microsoft’s achievements and highscoring restrictions. According to rumours, Microsoft is expected to double the amounts of both. Read the rest of this entry »