Posts Tagged ‘Windows Mobile’

Gecko, The Windows Mobile App Store Alternative?

January 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Over at the XDA Developer forums, some members have cooked up an alternative for the Apple App Store. With Gecko, it's much easier for Windows Mobile owners to discover and install new content.

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Geocade Comes with Location Based Leaderboards

January 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

A company called Geocade has reinvented the way leaderboards are used by mobile game players around the world. With their new functionality, it's possible for players to start competing at a local level.

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O2 Launches Litmus

December 15th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

O2 UK's answer to the ever popular App Store from Apple is finally there as the company makes available O2 Litmus to a select group of consumers.

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Nova, Palm’s New OS

December 15th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PalmOS | No Comments »

2008 seems the be the year of the OS. We've seen Symbian change hands, Symbian UIQ die, Android launch and hey, in the last second, good old Palm announces a new OS (which probably means they will ditch their old one).

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Rake In Grass Releases Archibald’s Adventures for Windows Mobile

December 7th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases | No Comments »

Rake In Grass is releasing their mobile action puzzle game Archibald’s Adventures for the Windows Mobile smartphone (Pocket PC) platform.

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T-Mobile’s Own Device Support (Sucks)

November 24th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

Since a few months, I own a MDA Vario IV from T-Mobile NL. It's also known as the wildly popular HTC Touch Pro. Great right? Not if you like mobile games and expect your operator to service you…

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Ballmer Confirms Windows Mobile Store

November 16th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Soon, developers will also be able to sell their mobile games directly to consumers without the problems of dealing with operators. During the Professional Developers Conference in Australia, Steve Ballmer confirmed the rumours around Microsoft's plans to mimic Apple's App Store.

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MyTopia Enters The Windows Mobile Market

November 3rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | No Comments »

Mytopia Inc., announced that its mobile gaming community and line-up of mobile games for are now available to the Windows Mobile market.

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Motorola Ditches UIQ and Linux

October 30th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

In order to streamline it's handset offering, Motorola will no longer offer UIQ and Linux based devices to the market. Instead, the full focus will be on Windows Mobile, Android and it's own P2K.

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No Silverlight on iPhone for Now

October 14th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Silverlight | No Comments »

Following the statement that Adobe has flash ready and awaiting Appla’s approval to launch, Microsoft has also taken a shot at getting Silverlight on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Guess what!? Microsoft receives the same treatment as Adobe, a clear NO!

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