Samsung is claiming its application store has passed the 10 million download mark in Europe, and it seems to be doing it off the back of games apps. The top three most popular Samsung Apps downloaded in Europe are Need for Speed Shift, Magic Torch and My Mirror. Need for Speed Shift is a car…
Day: 22 September 2010
News
Consumers want to respond to ads by mobile phone
Research from Lightspeed Research for the Mobile Marketing Association show’s that European consumers (UK, Germany and France) want a mobile choice when they click on an online ad, or respond to an ad in offline media. A quarter of consumers in Europe would be more likely to respond to an ad – including print, television,…
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All UK operators to support Windows Phone 7
Microsoft has announced that the big five mobile operators and two retailers will offer Windows Phone 7 (WP7) smartphones when the new OS launches later this year, possibly October but nobody is willing to say exactly when. The list of operators includes Orange, O2, Vodafone, T-Mobile and 3, along with retailers Carphone Warehouse and Phones4u.…
News
China is the new app market
App developers should start leaning Chinese if a new study from Canalys is right. The Canalys Mobile Application Analysis services suite study shows that 51% of Chinese end users downloaded applications or games on their mobile phones – 29% more than their Western European counterparts. A similar Canalys survey carried out in France, Germany and…
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Ovi upgrades the app wizard
Nokia has just updated the Ovi app wizard, and all of the apps created with the app Wizard have just had a makeover. Publishers using the Ovi app Wizard have received an email this morning with news of a new update to the Ovi app wizard and an update to all of the apps created…
Analysis, News
Apple commences phase 2 of the World Domination plan
Look at the graphic to your right. Blink once, blink twice. Yes it really is still there. Apple “are” selling the iPhone in easy instalments, and it’s not going to make the mobile operators happy, it’s just going to make Apple richer, and it’s going to make the iPhone – the iPad can’t be too…