Posts Tagged ‘BlackBerry’

NPD: Android Takes the Lead, Google: 200.000 New Androids a Day

August 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

NPD has announced that Android is the leading platform in the US. Google’s Eric Schmidt announced that the company is currently registering 200.000 new Android phones a day.

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RIM Leaks BlackBerry Demographics & BlackBerry 6 API’s

August 3rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

BlackBerryCool.com managed to get their hands on a developer presentation from RIM that had yet to be released to the development community. Apart from a large amount of API related data, it also contains insights into the BlackBerry owners.

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Nielsen: iPhone 4 Doesn’t Beat Android

August 2nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to the latest US numbers from research company Nielsen, Android is growing faster than the iPhone while the BlackBerry still hasn’t been beaten off its throne.

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RIM to Launch the BlackPad!?

August 2nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Late last month, RIM bought the BlackPad domain. Though it was unclear if RIM would actually start development of an iPad like slate device, rumors say the company will actually launch it along November.

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NPD: Android Sales Overtake iPhone OS

May 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

For the first time, the sales of Android powered devices overtook the iPhone sales in North America during the first quarter of 2010. Apple sunk only to the third position on the sales charts.

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Privacy Conflicts Ahead With Mobile Spy for Android

May 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Mobile Spy is a logger app that runs on the background of the OS and logs pretty much anything you’d like it to log. The app doesn’t identify itself which makes it nearly impossible for phone owners to know its there.

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Zeemote Offers Android SDK’s

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

Mobile game developers can now also activate Zeemote support for their Android games. Following a successful release of their J2me and BlackBerry SDK’s, the company has now released an Android SDK.

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WES: BlackBerry App World Hits 1M/Day Downloads

April 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

During a RIM keynote at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium, Research In Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie announced that BlackBerry App World is generating 1 million downloads a day, only 12 months after launch.

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RIM Launches Developer Resource Center Beta

April 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

RIM has launched a new developer portal called the Developer Resource Center. The new resource center will probably replace the existing BlackBerry developer portal.

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RIM Improves Billing, Reduces Payouts

April 20th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

RIM has changed the App World development agreement. Under the new agreement, billing seems to be improved while developers will be facing a lower revenue share in return.

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