Posts Tagged ‘Verizon’

$99 iPhone 3Gs 8GB Ahead

November 9th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Rumors say AT&T is feeling the competition from Verizon’s droid handset. To counter the competition, Apple and AT&T would be launching a brand new edition of the iPhone 3Gs for this holiday season.

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VDC: Verizon Shows V Cast Plans

July 30th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Verizon has unveiled their new App Store yesterday. It is called V Cast and will provide developers with a 70% kickback. Though others might give up to 80%, it is still very interesting if you are selling on one of the biggest channels.

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VDC: Verizon and Qualcomm Announce Plans for BREW Growth

July 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Brew | No Comments »

Over at the Verizon Developer Conference, Verizon and Qualcomm have announced changes to their current mobile games platform in order to stimulate the BREW platform.

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VDC: Verizon Opens Developer Advisory Board

July 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

To secure the future of their app store and VDC events, Verizon announced an advisory board to help steer it's developments. In total, 11 content companies have taken place in this initiative.

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Verizon Blocks Vendor Stores

July 16th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Being the biggest operator in the US is clearly providing leverage. Yesterday, Verzin shared details about their upcoming app store, today they let the world know that pre-installed vendor stores are not allowed.

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Verizon to Battle the App Stores

July 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

At the Verizon Developer Conference, Verizon's business developer Ryan Hughes outlined a number of perks for developers that will use Verizon's platform to sell their games and apps.

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JavaOne: Verizon, Home of Brew… and Java!

June 3rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

Verizon's strategy has always been to provide hardware and services based on Qualcomm's Brew platform (as much as possible). During JavaOne, the company has announced that it will also start supporting Java.

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Verizon Joins JIL

April 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Development Platforms | No Comments »

Verizon is joining the Joint Innovation Lab. This initiative (which has been started by Vodafone, Softbank and Chine Mobile) is focusing at developing a global widget platform in the hope to create on standard for all OS’s.