Posts Tagged ‘iPhone’

40% BlackBerry Users Consider Switch to iPhone

March 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

According to a survey from Crows Science, nearly 40% of the current BlackBerry owners is considering a switch to iPhone when their subscription allows them to.

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Motorola Droid Overtakes iPhone Sales

March 16th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Though the iPhone peeked much higher when it went on sale, it seems the Motorola Droid has overtaken the total sales on day 74 according to statistics from Flurry. The Nexus One doesn’t even come close.

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Leiden University Starts Free iPhone Dev Course

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

A Dutch University in Leiden is offering a free 2-day iPhone development course. The course is free to anyone that is interested in learning how to develop applications for Apple’s toy.

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XNA Extending to iPhone and Android?

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

Last week, Microsoft demonstrated how an XBLA game could be continued on a Windows Phone 7 Series device through the XNA development platform. Novell has started to extend that XNA platform to iPhone and Android.

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iPad Receives Dedicated Section on App Store

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

Since this weekend, consumers can pre-order the iPad in several markets. Though the device is compatible with each and every iPhone app on the app store, it will also get a dedicated section.

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GDC: PocketGamer Award Winners

March 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Though the Pocket Gamer Readers’ Choice Awards are still running, Pocket Gamer has announced the winners in all other categories at their Awards Night this week.

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Unity 3D Expands to Android

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

Unity Technologies has released version 3 of their Unity 3D SDK. The new version of their SDK will not only add support for Sony’s Playstation 3, but also for Google’s Android platform.

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Apple Released iPhone SDK 3.2 B4

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

Today, Apple has released iPhone SDK Beta 4 (two weeks after the last one). Though iPhone developers can download the SDK, it will be focused mainly at iPad development.

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GDC: GameSpy Expands Mobile Strategy

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

Since March 2009, GameSpy has been offering multiplayer services on the iPhone. Though GameSpy is huge on PC and Console platforms, it didn’t enjoy the same popularity platforms like Crystal and Plus+ did.

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GDC: Namco’s Unite SDK

March 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Namco is taking their games multiplatform with their Unite SDK. Through the SDK, gamers can challenge each other over different machines but within the same game.