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Rim Mixes BB OS and QNX Into BBX

Arjan Olsder — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:00:32 +0000

At BlackBerry DevCon, RIM announced their newest OS called BBX. A rather unexpected move as most of the world was still expecting QNX (running on the PlayBook) to be ported straight to RIM’s...

Intel Drops MeeGo for Tizen

Arjan Olsder — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:55:40 +0000

Following partner Nokia, Intel has now announced it is to abandon the MeeGo platform as well. Instead, it will be working on a new mobile platform with Samsung that’s called Tizen. Though it will be...

IBC: Liberty Global/UPC Unveils App Store Plans

Arjan Olsder — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:17:46 +0000

Yesterday, UPC owner Liberty Global announced a new settop box called Horizon. Though the system is mainly advertised as ‘the’ new way to experience TV, the new box will also hold an App...

Baidu Announces Own Android OS Fork

Arjan Olsder — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:23:21 +0000

Chinese search giant has finally announced its own mobile operating system. To be specific, the company is launching their own version of Google’s Android OS, called Baidu Yi. The OS is based on...

LG Announces 3D Game Converter

Arjan Olsder — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:10:21 +0000

Its always nice to be the first with new technologies like 3D.It is the content however that puts the fun and excitement in 3D. LG must have experienced the same with the Optimus 3D hardware. To...

Samsung Considers WebOS TakeOver!?

Arjan Olsder — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:00:47 +0000

While Samsung’s Bada OS is slowly fading from our memories and the Korean government issued LG and Samsung to work on a new mobile OS to secure their markets, rumours now say Samsung is eyeballing...

EA Acquires Bight Games

Arjan Olsder — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:56:16 +0000

EA has bought yet another mobile developer. This time it’s the studio that has already developed several games for EA Mobile (NBA Jam, Fleeced). EA acquired the studio for its iOS development skills...

10 Year Old Detects Exploit in Social Mobile Games

Arjan Olsder — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:25:05 +0000

Over the past two years, there have been lots of developers that created Farmville-like mobile games. A 10-year old kid showed how to manipulate those games at Defcon. The exploit works by...

Patrick Mork Moves to Google

Arjan Olsder — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:35:53 +0000

Following his career at Glu and then GetJar, Patrick Mork is now moving to Google as their new Marketing Director for Mobile Applications. He announced his move on his own blog. In the three years he...

Former Gameforce CEO Starts Mobile Studio

Arjan Olsder — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:25:19 +0000

A new mobile development studio has entered the arena. This time it’s Flaregames, headed by former Gameforge CEO Klaas Kersting. He’s not the only big shot stepping in though… Andreas Suika,...

SonyEricsson Tests 3D Screens!?

Arjan Olsder — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:04:56 +0000

Following HTC and LG, SonyEricsson is rumoured to be testing new autostereoscopic 3D screens for its mobile phones. That step would be late, but logical since SE’s objective is to offer the best...

Italians Develop Android Watch

Arjan Olsder — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:27:30 +0000

It seems like Android developers have to take care of yet another form-factor as Italian designers have developed a new watch based on Google’s Android operating system. The watch runs on an ARM...

Samsung Sold 5 Mln Galaxy S II Devices

Arjan Olsder — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:32:53 +0000

It took them 85 days, but Samsung now confirms it has managed to sell 5 million Galaxy S II devices. That news comes only 30 days after hitting 3 million sales. The numbers are coming directly from...

WebOS Hits Four New Markets

Arjan Olsder — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:28:40 +0000

WebOS keeps rollin’ on, though a bit slower than pretty much any other OS. HP now announced that developers can submit their WebOS apps for sale in four new markets. HP has added Australia, Hong...

Mozilla Works on Mobile Operating System

Arjan Olsder — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:10:06 +0000

As if we didn’t have enough already, Mozilla has announced the organization is working on their own mobile operating system, though the basis of the project is Google’s Android OS. The new OS will be...

Google Books Removed from App Store

Arjan Olsder — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:59:36 +0000

Though some folks on Twitter noticed it earlier this week, it then seemed to be a small error. Now however it seems the removal of the Google Books app for the iPhone has been on purpose. Why the app...

Android Market to Support Multiple APK’s

Arjan Olsder — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:19:47 +0000

Google announced that Android Market will finally bring support for apps that have multiple APK’s for different devices. This brings various advantages compared to the old single-APK model it...

New iPad 2 Runs on Different GFX Chip

Arjan Olsder — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:15:18 +0000

Keeping a tap on Hardware, something you can rely on with the boys and girls of iFixit. iFixit has just announced their latest finding; the newer iPad 2 models are running on different graphic...

Microsoft Prepares App Hub for Mango Launch

Arjan Olsder — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:14:23 +0000

Microsoft is preparing the Windows Marketplace for the launch in new markets and of course the launch of the new Windows Phone 7 Mango update. In total, 19 new consumer markets will be added; Brazil,...

Apple Testing HD Displays for iPad 3

Arjan Olsder — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:52:47 +0000

Apple is rumoured to be testing two new screens for the production of the iPad 3. Contenders for the bid to produce them are Korean competitors LG and Samsung. Both displays in testing have a...

Nomura: iPad To Dominate Until 2014

Arjan Olsder — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:47:26 +0000

According to research from Nomura, Apple will maintain the most dominant player in the tablet market until the year 2014. By that time, competitors will have a far bigger share of the market. Nomura...

RIM Stats

Arjan Olsder — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:06:24 +0000

Though the company is a bit shaky at the moment, RIM keep stopping the Dutch sales charts with the BlackBerry Curve 8520 being the best selling prepaid Phone in May. At the same time, BlackBerry is...

JailBreakMe.com 1.4M Times Used in One Week

Arjan Olsder — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:36:45 +0000

In a week after JailBreakMe.com relaunched, the website has assisted 1.4 million owners of iPhones, iPods and iPads in jailbreaking their devices. These numbers have been reveiled by developer...

Facebook Goes J2me

Arjan Olsder — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:13:06 +0000

Facebook took a rather interesting step yesterday as the social network announced their new Facebook for ‘Every Phone’ app. Yes, Facebook has chosen to enter the ‘old’ world of J2me. No doubt, this...

Google to Renew Android Market

Arjan Olsder — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:08:28 +0000

Last night, Google announced yet another make-over for its Android Market. This time, Google will be dropping the curved layout for a tiled one (who else does that!?) to better use the available...