Posts Tagged ‘Android’

Flurry Raises $15 Million

December 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Flurry has raised $15 million in a series C funding round to accelerate the development of new monetization services for mobile developers, focusing new development on the iOS and Android communities.

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Google Launches Gingerbread and Nexus-S

December 7th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Yesterday was a big day for Android as Google released Gingerbread (Android OS 2.3) for the Nexus One and also announced their second device, the Nexus S in partnership with Samsung.

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Ngmoco Brings Pocket God to Android and Windows Phone

December 3rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Since the investment from Google, it was clear that Ngmoco would be putting focus on the Android platform. With Pocket God however, the company will also start playing around with Windows Phone 7.

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Samsung Sold 1.000.000 Galaxy Tabs

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

Samsung has announced that it has sold 1 million Galaxy Tab’s world-wide. Nearly two weeks ago, the counter had only reached 700.000 units.

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Android 2.2 Most Popular Android OS

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

Over the last two weeks of November, most Android devices have been running Android OS 2.2 according to Google metrics. Android 2.2 is now installed on 43% of all Android Smartphones.

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Archos Updates Mediaplayers to Android 2.2.1

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

Archos has announced a new update for the 70/101 tablets and 28/32/43 personal media players. The update will install Android 2.2.1 with Flash 10.1 support but without the actual Flash plug-in.

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GfK: iPhone Users Most Loyal

November 30th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to a study from GfK, 60% of iPhone owners plan to stick with their device for renewal. This makes iPhone consumers the most loyal ones. Possible reasons are app-investment as well as fanboyship.

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Synapsy Powers Android Offering for Nordic 3 Operators

November 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Synapsy has announced a new deal in which the company will be powering the 3Apps shops for Android based smartphones on the networks of Hutchison in Austria, Denmark and Sweden.

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Acer Reconfirms App Store Plans

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

Back in August, we already reported that Acer had plans to launch an app store for their new line of smartphones. Yesterday, the company explained their plans for ‘Alive’.

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Mobage Entering US and EU in 2011

November 24th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Following the acquisition of ngmoco by DeNa, it was already announced that Plus+ would be replaced by DeNa’s Mobage Town somewhere soon. Now, the companies spread some light on the timeline.