Posts Tagged ‘Android Market’

South Korea to Block Android Market

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

Google landed itself in a conflict with South Korea because of the games on Android Market. By law, all games sold on the South Korean market need to be approved by the Game Ratings Board.

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Motorola Limits Backflip to Android Market

March 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Motorola seems to have limited their new Backflip phone to only allow apps that have been purchased or downloaded over Android Market. With this move, consumers can no longer shop around.

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Got 5K Downloads? Get a Free Nexus One With it!

March 3rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

It seems Google is increasing their pr for Android and their Nexus One. After giving away hundreds of phones at the MWC, the company will now also give one to developers that trigger 5K downloads on Android Market.

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AppBrain.com, App Discovery for Android

March 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Though the app discovery market for iPhone is heading toward saturation, Android still leaves plenty room for new app and game discovery services. AppBrain.com is one of those.

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Distimo’s December App Stores Report

January 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Distimo has released a new report on App Store usage over a variety of platforms and the developers behind those platforms. One of the findings shows EU developers price their apps 49% higher compared to the US.

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Motorola Takes Android App Market in Own Hands

January 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

With the possible retreat of Google from the Chinese market, both developers and vendors fear for the sales of their applications and games. To avoid problems, Motorola has decided to launch their own Android Market.

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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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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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Sidebar Brings App Discovery Tool to Android

November 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

App Discovery on Android has already been a pain for mobile game developers. With a new product called Sidebar, the Sidebar company hopes to change the way consumers browse the Android Market.

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Android Market Improvements Coming

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

Discovery of games has always been the number one issue Android developers complaint about. With the release of Anroid 1.6, the team will also update Android Market to allow better marketing of the titles on it.