Its Official – Phablets Are Lame
The mobile app analytics company Flurry, released an article breaking down the state of the mobile app development market. According to the report, mid-sized smartphones like the iPhone and Samsung Galaxy are dominating the developer market while Phablet devices are lagging far behind. Phablets are mobile devices that are smaller than a tablet and […]
Android up 13%, iOS down 7%, BlackBerry down 81%, Windows Phone up 52%
The mobile OS market share figures are in for Kantar Worldpanel’s last quarter, and the numbers are very interesting indeed. Kantar Worldpanel is the largest consumer research mobile phone panel in the world which conducts more than 240,000 interviews per year in the U.S to assertion what people are using. The real shocks are not the Android and iOS numbers which […]
New Playboy iPhone App Keeps It Clean
The infamous playboy magazine launches its iPhone app but keeps it classy with no nudity. Apple is well known for it’s tight rules on app submissions and doesn’t allow pornographic material. Josh Schollmeyer, Playboy‘s Director of Digital Content reflects “It forces us to use our imagination to be a little bit more creative,” he says. “I tell all my photographers […]
iPhone App Developers Preparing for iOS 7 Release
iPhone app developers expecting Apple will announce the release of iOS 7 software at this years WWDC event. Developer conference tickets predicted to sell out.
iPad Soaring High in Chinese Market
While sales of inexpensive Android mobile devices are soaring in mainline China are chipping away at the iPhone’s market share, the Apple iPad remains the dominant tablet of choice for Chinese consumers. According to a recent story, the iPad and iPad mini made up 83% of tablet sales in China while Android tablets have only […]
Will Ouya Android Games Console Lure Developers?
The Ouya games console was launched this week which experts say could disrupt the industry. The Android based console was a crowd funding success story raising over $8m in funding from 63,416 backers. The console retails for $99 and the games will be a fraction of the cost of traditional platforms such as PlayStation and Xbox. The company has already started sending […]
IOS In-App Purchases Hits Record High
Any regular user of Apple’s IOS platform is likely to bear witness to the fact that in-app purchases are becoming more common place. A new report confirms they are at a record high with over 76% of iPhone App Store revenue in the U.S. orginating from in-app purchases. Around a year ago this figure was just 53%. The […]