Posts Tagged ‘iPhone’

First iPhone Reaches ‘End of Life’

April 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

During the introduction of iPhone OS 4.0, Steve Jobs already announced that 4.0 would not be fully backward compatible. As so, the 3G models would not receive multitasking support.

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4.0: Apple Bans External Compilers

April 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Bad news for web services and Adobe as Apple has updated the terms and conditions for iPhone developers yet again. Through article 3.3.1 the use of external compilers has been prohibited.

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4.0: More Bits

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

iPhone OS 4.0 will be available to the iPad this fall while the iPhone will have it along the summer already. iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 2G and below will not have multitasking.

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4.0 iAd Takes on Greystripe and Friends

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple is not only taking on social gaming networks but as expected, they also launch iAds mobile advertising. This will be Apple’s own advertising platform that offers native advertising API’s.

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4.0: Stuffing Your Games in Folders

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 2 Comments »

Though consumers love to downloads huge amounts of apps, there has always been a limit of 148 apps in total. Apple will now be lifting the limit with the use of folders.

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4.0: Sales Update

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The iPhone 4.0 unveiling started off with some sales details (as usual). At the moment, the iPad sales are soaring. 450.000 units are out on the streets and Best Buy is out of stock.

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Scrabble for iPad Requires iPhones

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Scrabble for the iPad has a pretty unique feature that will make every geek want to have it. That feature is that iPhones are utilized as tile racks. While in multiplayer, it actually feels like a boardgame.

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Q1 Stats: Big Blue Bubble Best Publisher

April 7th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | 3 Comments »

In cooperation with iGameStats, MGB will be releasing a quarterly quality report for the App Store. In this edition, Big Blue Bubble turns out to be the best publisher and Plants vs. Zombies is the best game.

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Nintendo: iPad & iPhone not Even a Gaming Snack

April 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: DSiWare, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

While most developers celebrate the launch of the iPad last week, Nintendo has given their opinion on Apple’s ‘gaming’ devices. According to Nintendo, ‘Apple simply can't match the gameplay experiences’.

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Media Markt to Sell iPhone 3GS

April 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

European Electronics firm Media Markt has acquired the rights to sell the iPhone 3GS without subscriptions. The deal is approved for the Netherlands, but it is not clear if the same is happening in other countries.