The complete Android history from [x]cubeLABS.
Oct 19, 2011 Uncategorized
Since its introduction in 2003, Android evolution and growth is truly remarkable. For Android lovers and mobile users, its worth the effort to rewind the past and get a visual account of the android history from Android 1.0 to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). People at [x]cubeLABS, a leading specaility mobility solutions company, have come out with an epic infographic giving a detailed account of the Android OS timeline, its version history and its growing presence in mobility landscape. Here’s the infographic. Scroll down and enjoy. For high resolution image, click on the infographic.
Infographic by Android Developers at [x]cubelabs
Tags: android version history, evolution of android, The android story
At&T offers in app location based advertising to mobile app developers
Apr 20, 2011 Uncategorized
Mobile application developers till today were never been able to include location based advertisements into their mobile applications. AT&T’s new set of tools is about to change this situation. The mobile carrier is planning to allow in-app local advertising across various app platforms.
The world is going local and the new location based promotion facility for mobile app developers will give a strong fight to AdMob. Location based in-app advertisements will also bring additional revenue to an iPhone developer. The Software Development Kit for in-app location based advertising is expected to be release by end of this year.
Verizon vs. AT&T iPhone usage info-graphic by Mobclix.
Mar 28, 2011 Uncategorized
Leading mobile ad exchange network, Mobclix took a look at the current state of the iPhone landscape.
The Key Findings from the study are-
- San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, New York City & Boston emerged top Cities with Highest Verizon iPhone Usage.
- AT&T iPhone owners use WiFi an average of 53 percent of the time in comparison to 38 percent for Verizon iPhone owners.
- 2 in 3 AT&T iPhone Owners who switched to Verizon paid the termination fee.
- Reception Issues, Personal Hot Spot and Reputation are the top 3 reasons for AT&T iPhone owners to switch to Verizon.
- 14 percent of iPhone4 users are on the Verizon Network, accounting for 4 percent of total iPhone users.
Source- Mobclix
Tags: AT&T iPhone user, Verizon iPhone user, Verizon vs AT&T
Introducing Amazon Appstore for Android.
Mar 24, 2011 Uncategorized
On Mar 22, 2011, Amazon announced the launch of Amazon Appstore for Android. Here’s a presentation showing what you can expect from the store-
App developers concerned over game piracy in Android Market.
Mar 18, 2011 Uncategorized
Guardian reports that Android app developers are concerned that Google is not doing enough in its regulation of the Android Market. The Android Market is Google’s applications store where apps compatible to Android OS are distributed. The developers are worried that the lax policing by Google is causing copyright violations as well as rise in malware-laden applications.
Mobile app developers are also finding it hard to get discovered on the app store. They feel that Google’s own apps or port of an iPhone app mostly get prominent place in the Android market.
The Guardian quotes Kevin Baker, an Android developer, as saying :
“I have a game on the market called Sinister Planet which was released about eight months ago. Sales have been pretty slow, although picking up slowly over the months, despite a lot of great reviews. The main problem is that Android Market discoverability is very poor, and Google themselves don’t help the situation by only featuring apps there are either (1) created by Google, or (2) iPhone ports. Independent developers like me hardly ever get a look in.
“One of my customers emailed me three weeks ago, and informed me that another company was selling a version of my app – pirated and uploaded as their own. Of course I contacted Google right away. It took Google two days to take the app down. This publisher was also selling other versions of pirated games. I contacted the original developers of those games but they were still being sold a week later. You’d think [Google] might have a hotline for things like that!
“I would also note that the publisher selling the pirated games is still trading on the Android Market. They didn’t even get their account suspended. If there’s going to be malware hidden inside apps, it’s that the exact place where it would be? Why are these accounts still allowed to be trading? It’s negligent as far as I’m concerned.”
Source- Guardian
Tags: Android app developers, Android game developers, Android market
iPad 2 could burst a bubble, says JP Morgan.
Mar 10, 2011 Uncategorized
The Tablet market has heated up in last 6 months with the entry of many handset and PC manufacturers. The Mobile World Congress saw a slew of Tablet announcements from Apple’s competitors. However, according to a blog post on Apple Insider, Analyst Mark Moskowitz of J.P. Morgan Research has warned investors that build plans for tablet shipments from Apple’s competitors may be too high putting them at “increasing risk of a bubble burst” in the second half of 2011.
“In our view, the technical and form factor improvements of the iPad 2 stand to make it tougher for the first generation of competitive offerings to play catch-up, meaning actual shipments could fall well short of plan,” Moskowitz wrote to the investors, according to the post.
Apple is expected to occupy the lead position in the tablet market and Moskowitz estimates that the Cupertino based company could see as much as a 100 percent jump in sales year over year.
Component suppliers may lose the most in a bubble burst. “Based on our research inputs, tablet makers eager to emulate Apple’s meteoric start are trying to secure components with inflated build plans,” Moskowitz wrote. “Of note, glass displays, processors, and, to a lesser extent, NAND Flash are the components that could be most at risk” he added.
Commenting on the Apple’s rival’s offering he writes “Aside from Motorola’s Xoom and HP’s TouchPad (price not specified yet), the competitive offerings appear to be light on attraction, in our view.”
Tags: Apple rivals, iPad 2, JP Morgan, Tablet market, Tablets
Access Flash games amd videos on your iPad 2 with iswifter.
Mar 9, 2011 News, Uncategorized
In a couple of day’s time, iPad 2 will be in the market. Many people have been waiting to lay hands on the next generation iPad. However, one of the major weaknesses of the recently launched Apple’s iPad 2 is that it doesn’t support Flash based games and videos. So, if you are planning to buy an iPad 2 but also want access to Flash videos and games then iSWiFTER browser app can be of help to you. The app will provide you access to unlimited Flash games and videos on your iPad.
According to iSwifter “The app uses the iSWiFTER Flash game streaming service to bring the most popular casual and social Flash games from the biggest online gaming portals on the internet, such as Yahoo! Games, AOL’s Games.com, Facebook, Kongregate and others. The iPad app showcases the capability, flexibility and benefits of using the iSWiFTER platform to instantaneously enable Flash games on mobile platforms such as iOS, without any incremental work by developers.”
The historical iPhone launch!
Feb 24, 2011 Uncategorized
January 9, 2007- a device was launched that completely changed the mobile communication space. A day when a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone and a breakthrough internet communicator- was rolled into one single device… iPhone. Relive the moment and enjoy the historical iPhone launch!
MocoSpace launches $1 million Fund for Game Developers.
Feb 24, 2011 Uncategorized
MocoSpace, a mobile social network company based in Boston, is launching a $1 million fund for mobile game developers to step up the game development on smartphones. The company was recently on news when it showed its intent to buy social network platform MySpace from News Corp.
MocoSpace initially was a web-based social network with more than 16 million users and three billion page views every month. The company recently expanded into mobile social gaming space as well, and is focused on developing browser-based mobile social games. The company has developed two popular games Street Wars and Stage Hero.
Mobile game developers interested in seeking assistance from the fund have to submit their existing games or gaming concepts and the selected ones will receive cash and marketing support to develop games.
Tags: game developers, iOS game developers, iPhone game development, mobile game development
MoMinis platform to counter fragmentation, make life easier for mobile game developers.
Feb 23, 2011 Uncategorized
MoMinis has recently launched a wholly-agnostic game development and distribution platform that will help mobile app developers counter fragmentation. Till now, apps developed for a particular platform would only run on that platform and doesn’t support other platforms. So, application developers who wished to target users from other platforms have to re-design the app to make it compatible to other platforms. But, games created within The MoMinis Studio will automatically run on virtually all operating systems.
“Mobile gaming revenue topped $5.6 billion in 2010. In trying to support a fragmented ecosystem of devices and business models in this expanding market, game developers face costly challenges that threaten their games’ financial viability,” said Eyal Rabinovich, MoMinis Co-Founder.
“MoMinis lets developers seamlessly deploy games on the widest variety of devices, easily access the market, and get paid swiftly. This essentially re-invents how developers create, distribute and monetize mobile games. Developers can now concentrate on game quality rather than on porting and monetization problems” he adds.
“Fragmentation in the mobile market has been a consistent barrier to developers’ goals of having their games is ubiquitous across devices and distribution outlets,” said Tuong Nguyen, Senior Research Analyst, Gartner.
“The ability to design games just once, and have them run on many devices and be widely distributed can mean the difference between a game developer’s success and failure. Astute developers will consider this model and seriously look at working with such respectable distribution partners” he says.
