Posts Tagged ‘Apps’

App Creation Through InDesign with RovingBird

October 20th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Through a new solution from RovingBird, it is possible to convert Adobe InDesign documents into iPhone/iPad apps. The solution is called RovingBird ePublisher and pricing starts at €1.000,-.

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Samsung Apps to Merge TV and Mobile

October 20th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | 1 Comment »

Samsung has announced that it will make porting apps from mobile to their internet@tv service easier for developers. It will also start charging for app downloads on TV’s.

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Illegal Games Are Big Business

October 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | 7 Comments »

While the industry has been fighting piracy for many years, there are companies who make use of pirated games and shady distribution circles to make big bucks from your mobile games and apps.

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NPD: Kids Love Games (Surprise!)

September 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | 1 Comment »

According to research from NPD, kids love to play games on their mobile phones. The average kid owned mobile phone has around ten mobile games installed.

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Nielsen: The State of Mobile Apps

September 20th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Nielsen has generated a new report called The State of Mobile Apps, specially for the AppNation event. Amongst other details, it shows iPhone owners are still consuming the biggest amount of apps.

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Nielsen: 27 Apps on Every US Smartphone

September 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Nielsen has revealed that the average US smartphone has 27 apps installed. This average is mainly pushed up by Android and iOS where consumers have easy access to free apps and games.

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Apple Runs Into App Patent Troubles!?

August 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Engadget reports that Apple is seemingly using screenshots from third party apps to file patents. The best example is the “where to?” app that was one-on-one copied into a patent request from the Cupertino based company.

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Google Announces Android Market Stats

July 16th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

While Androlib recently estimated that the 100.000th Android app would be uploaded later this month, Google is a bit more careful with their numbers. They say they currently have 70.000 apps in the market.

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UK Spends Big Bucks on iPhone Development

July 7th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

BBC reports that not only the US government is hitting it off with the iPhone. The UK government (that just announced a lot of budget costs) is spending tens of thousands of pounds on iPhone development as well.

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Android Supports Remote Installing and Removing of Apps

June 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Last week, Google utilized its possibility to remotely remove two apps that have been installed on many handsets as those apps where breaching security on Android devices.