Androïd
Aren’t game companies sulking Androïd ?
French mobile phone games company Gameloft said it and other software developers were cutting back investment in developing games and other applications for Google’s Android platform.
Alexandre de Rochefort, Gameloft finance director, said the company has cut back on investment mostly due to weaknesses of Android’s application store.
“It is not as neatly done as on the [...]
The donut has come
Android 1.6 SDK is available for developers. But what is the news in it? The main new feature is the “quick search” function, located at the top of the screen. It gives users an easy access to Google Web searches, even without opening the mobile browsers. But the very interesting thing is the use in [...]
The Android Market is growing well
AndroLib, a website which refers the applications available on the Google Android Market, indicates that there is at least 10,000 apps in it. They admit that they cannot “scan” the Market entirely. But it is a good information about the growth of this application store and about its health. It is about 4 times more [...]
Some news about Android market update
Google decided to update its Android Market, to help users to do a best research in the market. So, now they will see charts with “top paid”, “top free”, and the news, called “just in”. And, at least, Google chose to add some screenshots from developers, to let users making reviews, to give their opinion. [...]
A $195 million gap between AppStore and Android Market
There are differences between Apple AppStore and Google Android Market.
The application game “Trism”, launched on the appStore earned its developer $250,000 in its first two months. Following this success, Trism’s developers adapted the popular application to Android. On the Android market, the game was sold for a total of a 500 copies in the nearly three months since [...]
Before you go, get some advices
French Foreign Ministry launches an application on the AppStore. It is an “advice to traveler” app, which gives many information about the situation in a country, before you trip in. In fact, it is a service available since a long time on its website, which lists every country, and gives abundance of advices. Recently, if [...]
AppsLib : bigger applications for bigger devices
On next September 15th in Paris, Archos, the French multimedia-player builder will talk about the co-venture with Google, to make an alternative development platform for applications, already available, called AppsLib, and more specifically about their probably new tablet (before the Apple one?). So what is this new “feature”? Google Android is possibly setup not [...]
There is 1% of apps banished from Android Market
Google bans only 1% of apps for its Android Market. Against the Apple process to accept or not an application, the Google way is some kind different: Google allows the Android Market users to help decide what is in keeping with their policies. The percent banned represent approximately 60 applications. But the question is: which [...]
1 million HTC Magic sold
HTC CEO, Peter Chou, announced that the Magic surpassed one million units since the launch in April 2009. Only a few months to reach that aim, it is clearly a success for HTC. Maybe their 6% Smartphone market share will grow up in few months in the next report. Android is a locomotive for HTC. [...]
From iPhone to Android and Back
Is Androïd an iPhone killer ?
Here is an interesting feedback about an user iPhone VS Androïd experience.
From iPhone to G1 and Back (googlesystem.blogspot.com)
Did you switched from an iPhone to an Androïd powered phone ?
