Yearly sales forecast cut for Google’s Nexus One
Remember how many bloggers and news outlets used the cliche phrase “iPhone Killer” when referring to the powerful Google Nexus One? Well it seems that analysts at Goldman Sachs overestimated the sales of the Nexus One this year just as some journalists overestimated the phone’s impact on the market. Goldman is cutting their estimates from
Categories: Android Tags: cliche, cliche-phrase, estimates, goldman-sachs, google-nexus, htc-nexus-one, iphone, news-outlets, nexus, Nexus one, phone, phone-killer, the-powerful, used-the-cliche, well-it-seems
Jumptap Launhces self-service application
Quick and Easy Integration into the Jumptap Mobile Ad Network Opens the Door to Hundreds of Leading Advertisers GAME DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA — March 9, 2010 — Jumptap, the leading mobile advertising solutions provider, today announced a new self-service application for publishers of mobile websites and mobile applications, including iPhone and Android. Publishers
Categories: Android Tags: door, game, iphone, jumptap, jumptap-mobile, leading-advertisers, network, network-opens, today-announced
PolarBit Surpasses 1 Million Android Downloads
Polarbit is the company behind popular Android games like Raging Thunder and Wave Blazer. In fact, they’ve got 5 Android Games (ToonWarz, Raging Thunder, Wave Blazer, Armageddon Squadron, Iron Sight) with 2 more on the way (Warzone, Global Race). A post on the company’s website indicates they’ve just surpassed 1 million downloads … THAT is an amazing statistic and in fact, the company has now surpassed 1 million downloads on 3 platforms (Android, iPhone, Symbian). All of the company’s games are “paid” but they offer free “Lite” versions of each. If more than 1 million people have downloaded their games and you haven’t… numbers talk and peer pressure has begun. Of course each person could have downloaded the free and the paid application of every single game so it is potentially only 1,000,000 / (5*2) = 100,000 but let’s not worry about the math. One million is a lot of downloads no matter how you slice it. Congratulations to Polarbit although I wish they would have announced it by saying we/us/our instead of they/their as if they weren’t involved in their own site. I appreciate the attempt at objectivity but come on – we know who you are so revel in the moment a bit! [Thanks Richy!]
Categories: Android Tags: attempt, behind-popular, every-single, games, global-race, image, iphone, math, million-people, raging-thunder
Apple to be the Android killer? Windows Phone 7 Series the Savior?
Apple’s patent lawsuit against HTC may be much more far reaching than initially thought. According to a report at CNN’s Fortune website, Apple’s lawsuit has Android handset manufacturers shaking in their boots with many hiring legal teams, revising their OS strategies, sending hardware back to engineering, and changing development roadmaps behind closed doors. It all started in early 2009 when Apple COO Tim Cook launched the first attack during an earning conference call by stating “we will not stand for having our IP ripped off and we’ll use whatever weapons we have at our disposal. I don’t know that I can be more clear than that.” Apple publicly remained passive during much of 2009, sitting idle while Palm launched the Pre and other manufacturers pushed out non-multi-touch smartphones that posed no threat to its iPhone market share. Enter the HTC DROID ERIS, the Nexus One, and the Motorola DROID which recently took the smartphone world by storm with their sleek good looks and potential multi-touch capability. Apple is now on the proverbial warpath with HTC as its first target and other manufacturers fearful that they will be next as Apple reportedly held conversations with “Tier 1″ device manufacturers to inform them of Apple’s intentions. The winner in this fearful frenzy, ironically, may be Microsoft which is reportedly swooping in with its extensive patent library in hand, and promising Windows Phone 7 Series as a safe harbor to companies that are fearful of Apple’s wrath. It all sounds like a daytime soap opera conjured up for the geek world but it is unfortunately and incredibly true. Read
Categories: Android Tags: geek, iphone, manufacturers, motorola, reportedly-held, roadmaps-behind, white, windows, windows-phone
Appcelerator veröffentlicht Titanium 1.0
Appcelerator hat seine Entwicklungsplattform Appcelerator in der stabilen Version 1.0 veröffentlicht. Damit lassen sich mit Webtechnik native Applikationen für Windows, Linux und Mac OS X sowie iPhone und Android erzeugen. ( Appcelerator )
Categories: Android Tags: applikationen, der-stabilen, entwicklungsplattform, hat-seine, iphone, lassen-sich, linux, webtechnik, windows
Apple gegen HTC: Patentklage ist ein Warnschuss
Apple benutzt HTC nur als Exempel, so ein Analyst des Bankhauses Oppenheimer & Co. Die Patentklage gegen den taiwanischen Hersteller sei Warnschuss an alle großen Handyproduzenten. Apple ziele insbesondere auf Google. Das Smartphone-Betriebssystem Android und dessen Multitouch-Funktion ist nicht der einfache Weg, einen iPhone-Killer auf den Markt zu bringen mehr...
Categories: Android Tags: alle-gro, analyst, bankhauses, der-einfache, exempel, gegen-den, hersteller, htc, iphone, ist-nicht, markt, patentklage, warnschuss, ziele-insbesondere
GDC: Google wirbt mit 3D um Spieleentwickler
Google umwirbt die Spieleentwickler. Das Unternehmen verschenkt auf der Spielemesse Game Developer Conference 2010 an die Teilnehmer Android-Smartphones, lobt die Vorteile seiner Entwicklungsumgebungen und bietet ihnen neue Features an. Spiele sind der nächste große Trend für High-End-Mobiltelefone, wie das iPhone von Apple zeigt. mehr...
Categories: Android Tags: developer-conference, iphone, lobt-die, sind-der, spielemesse, umwirbt-die, vorteile, wie-das
GDC 2010: Call of Duty: World at War Zombies postmortem | Apple …
Filed under: Gaming , Retail , Software , Developer , iPhone , App Store Russell Clarke of Ideaworks Game Studio hosted a post-mortem report near the end of the first day of GDC 2010 about Call of Duty: World at War Zombies for the ...
Categories: Call World, iphone Tags: clarke, developer, gaming, gdc, iphone, near-the-end, retail, store, store-russell, studio, the-end, the-first, zombies
Android App Recommendations from Android App Gurus on Facebook
As many new consumers are buying smart phones with Google’s Android operating system, many are greeted with an overwhelming amount of apps and want to know “ what apps they should download “? Thankfully we offer a premium service to help with that. Research shows that consumers are more influenced to purchase products from: friends/family or trusted recommendations, expert reviews, followed by advertising. This is why we have partnered with mPlayIt’s Android Arcade , a platform for social discovering what Android apps Facebook friends are using. Thus combining the top two impulses in consumer recommendation spending; recommendations and expert opinion . Today mPlayIt social sharing apps on Facebook for iPhone , Blackberr y and Android launches an update to introduce “ Gurus ” in their “Apptivity Feed”. Gurus are targeted experts; be it users, bloggers or resource websites like ours whom offer highly valued opinions on mobile applications for better discovery. Their Apptivity Feed is a real-time stream of latest activity of recently viewed, rated, commented and Guru Approved apps. For obvious reasons we were hand selected to represent Android as a Guru. Our colleagues at AndroidGuys.com and AndroidandMe.com top out the list along with IntoMobile and Stuart Dredge . So join us on Facebook to discover some awesome Android apps! Check out our Profile and become a Fan on our new Facebook page !
Categories: Android Tags: algadon-free, arcade-profile, facebook, iphone, more-influenced, obvious-reasons, online, phone-arcade, recently-viewed
GDC 2010: Call of Duty: World at War Zombies postmortem | IPhone …
Filed under: Gaming, Retail, Software, Developer, iPhone, App Store Russell Clarke of Ideaworks Game Studio hosted a post-mortem report near the end of the first day of GDC 2010 about Call of Duty: World at War Zombies for the iPhone.
Categories: Call World, iphone Tags: clarke, developer, gaming, gdc, ideaworks-game, iphone, near-the-end, retail, store-russell, studio, the-end, zombies