Posts Tagged ‘iPhone’

Motally Launches Analytics for iPhone, BlackBerry and Android

August 6th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Flurry will be getting some competition for their in-app analytics service. A company called Motally (who was already offering these services for Wap) has launched a similar service.

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Glu’s Q209 Earnings Call

August 6th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Glu's earnings call has been put online. In the conversation, Greg outlines a lot of details about Glu's performance and expectations on Apple's App Store. Marketing will be key in improving their business.

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Vodafone NL Prepares MyWeb for iPhone

August 4th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Vodafone NL has recently started to replace it's Live! portal by the new MyWeb portal (we wrote about the migration some time ago). As a next step, the operator prepared the portal for the iPhone.

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App Pulled? Dev Pays…

August 4th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The whole storm around Google's Google Voice app seems far from over as Apple has pulled several similar apps offline. As a result, consumers are filing complaints and Apple expects iPhone developers to cover the refunds.

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Namco Hires Jonathan Kromrey

August 4th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

More news surfaces on Namco's new Apple Games unit as they hired Jonathan Kromrey (fa ormer Apple games producer) to head up the division as general manager.

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MS Publishes iPhone Porting Study

August 3rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

In the hope to transfer the App Store success to Windows Mobile, Microsoft released a case study about how an iPhone app can be ported to a suite of various Windows Mobile 6.5 devices.

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ZodTTD Shows iJoyPad

August 3rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

We have been tracking the iControlPad and other mobile gaming peripherals for a long time already, but the iJoyPad is new to us. In a video we found, the developer demo's the hardware.

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Lite Versions Boost Sales, So Why Wait?

August 3rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Marketing Strategies, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

TheApplicationFarm has released some insights as to how the release of a Lite version was stimulating their sales. The impact of a Lite version is so big, there is no reason to hold it back.

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FairSoftware Helps iPhone Startups

August 3rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

If you want to monetize a great iPhone idea, it might be hard to find initial investors and pertners in such a project. A company called FairSoftware is offering a platform that will help you find the right partners and helps settling the legal bits.

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Flurry: We See the Emergence of a New Middle Class

July 30th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Flurry, a company specializing in iPhone statistics shows that indie developers have no problem competing with well established publishers. In fact, they belong to a New Middle Class.