Posts Tagged ‘2010’

AE10: Centralizing the User Experience

March 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: Windows Mobile, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

The biggest sponsor behind the Android Experience was HTC. No wonder they took the stage to discuss where they are heading with Android, how it matches up with Windows Mobile and centralizing the User Experience.

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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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AE10: Global Overview of the Android Experience

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

Yesterday, MGB attended the Android Experience in Amsterdam. With 550 visitors, a few keynotes and about 15 exhibitors it was a nice start for a small country and a market that is still developing.

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MIX10: Liveblog from Amsterdam

March 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: XNA | No Comments »

We just got seated at the Microsoft HQ in Amsterdam to watch a livestream of the MIX10 event in Las Vegas. During the session we will update this post with the latest news around Windows Phone 7 Series.

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Pocket Gamer Awards 2010 Finalists

March 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

PocketGamer has announced the finalists of the PocketGamer Awards 2010. The list is divided between the iPhone (9), other mobile platforms (7) in general and handheld consoles (6).

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Macworld 2010 Announces iPad Event

January 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Events & Conferences, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Developers that will be heading to Macworld 2010 on February 13th will have a shot at playing with the all new iPad according to a special newsletter from the organization of the event.

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EA lowers Their 2010 Financial Outlook

January 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 2 Comments »

EA has announced that expectations for their 2010 financial year will be below previous expectations. December revenues were disappointing for the games publisher.

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Nostromo Enters Administration – UPDATED

January 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 2 Comments »

Nostromo is one of the old names in the mobile games Industry and was once known as a very important and well respected distributor and developer of J2me titles and other content.

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Happy 2010!

January 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in About Us | No Comments »

2009 has ended and so, we say goodbye to the first decennium of this millennium and more or less the period in which mobile games have become a serious business for a lot of companies.

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IO’10 Alex Galvagni

December 24th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Glu, the third biggest publisher of mobile games has seen a true management drain this year. Still 2009 has been good for the publisher as well since they managed to get cashflow positive. Alex Galvagni (CTO and SVP of Global Product Development) reflects on 2009 with us and looks ahead at 2010.